Happy November

Charlie had a very good first Halloween last weekend.

We believe in giving our child the autonomy, joy and responsibility of deciding on what he wants to be for Halloween. So we gave him two choices: former Toronto mayor Rob Ford or Mario Batali. Brian was opting for Rob Ford, because its, well, hilarious and the resemblance is uncanny, but It was a bit dark for me (what with the ‘crack’ thing and all), so we settled on Mario Batali – an equally fleshy, pale skinned, happy guy who can somehow wear a scrunchie without being publicly shamed on the daily.

He loved it!!!

At first he wasn’t terribly excited. Probably because I was pinning a recently painted wig on his big little head. But then he realized that its hilarious and he played along. Also I know that every mom thinks that their kid is the cutest person ever, but it doesn’t matter if he is dressed as Mario or not, I’m obsessed with that kid.

Meanwhile I was a ‘prairie girl’ which meant that I went into my closet and put on an outfit made of my own wardrobe. My friends said it perfectly, ‘Once again, you dressed as a female person‘. Last year I was a 1970’s female reporter (reporting live from T.W.A.T. TV), the year before I was Judith Light (obviously), the year before that I was Dolly Parton – you get it. I just go in my closet and put on clothes and then make my hair big. My lack of planning and creativity is extremely disappointing and yet consistent.

Meanwhile Brian Henderson was the villain from Kindergarten cop – you know, this guy:

It was hilarious. In fact the comedien Aziz Ansari came up to him and called him out on how good his costume was and then he tweeted about it:

I know its pretty douchey to write about that but its not everyday that a huge comedian gives your husband props for being funny – which he is. Very funny.

We went trick or treating in a beautiful suburban LA neighborhood (not ours) and then went out while a sitter took care of Charlie and our best friends kids. He stayed up til 10pm – (and then woke up at 5! yeah!!) but it was so fun and made me even more excited for the holidays. I now get it – you get to relive everything again and all of a sudden creating traditions means creating memories which means creating a bond through extra-ordinary (and ordinary) experiences and traditions.

As a kid I don’t remember the mundane, more every day stuff. It takes either consistency or something special to really pierce the brain and make a dent in the memory forever. Not that I want to go all out every day or every holiday, but it’s motivating to make things feeling special, and create traditions that are unique to our family. Mario Batali would agree.

Anyway, hopefully next year he’ll ‘choose’ something equally as entertaining to look at – because staring at his scrunchie all night made us extremely happy:

Back later with a proper post. Meanwhile happy November, folks.