Halloween

Greetings, family and friends. Sorry it's been so long since I've posted, but I was maintaining a silent boycott of my blog for most of October to protest my Daddy's cold, heartless decision to leave me in order to "cover the playoffs" -- whatever that means. (These so-called "adults" are always speaking in code around me. My best guess is that "covering the playoffs" is Daddy-speak for "going out with the boys, eating expensive dinners on The Washington Post's dime and assaulting pianos at 2 a.m. in Marriott lobbies around the country.")

But at least Daddy made it home for Halloween, thanks, he said, to the "Red Sox." (More code. I figure that's his way of saying his "parole officer.") Anyway, this was my first real Halloween -- not counting last year, when I was only 1 1/2 months old and my parents put me in some sort of green straightjacket and told people I was a "pea pod."

I had a great time this year, running all up and down the street, terrorizing trick-or-treaters who wandered by, and picking up little pumpkins from the neighbors' stoops, calling them "ball!" and throwing them to the sidewalk. I also discovered something that, I believe, has changed my life permanently. That's right -- I'm talking about candy.

The above photo and the first one below were taken by my friend and neighbor Dan Magus, a professional photographer -- as opposed to the rest of these woefully inferior shots, most of which were taken by my Daddy, for whom the term "amateur" hardly does justice. For information on prints and to see Dan's other work, check out his website at http://www.magusphoto.com/. He's a friend of the blog, so treat him right.

OK... on to the photos.



You'll notice here that I'm wearing the beak/hat part of the costume. Want to guess how long that stayed on? I'll tell you: Not very freaking long.



Here's my Mommy getting me ready for the big night. I think she's trying to figure out how to get me to keep the beak/hat on. I didn't have the heart to tell her it just ain't gonna happen.



See? I wasn't even out of the kitchen, and already that thing is coming off.



This doesn't count, because Mommy is holding the beak/hat on. I call that cheating.


Here we are with our next-door neighbor Chris and baby Maria. I think Maria shares my utter disdain for this whole photo-taking process.



Here's Daddy and I. We were supposed to be posing for a photo, but I saw something that distracted me. Can't remember what it was, but it could have been a nicely costumed trick-or-treater, or a pumpkin/ball, or a piece of candy -- any of which would have needed my expert hands to tear into them.

Here's me and my neighbor Erich. He's crazy! I like him, because he couldn't care less whether I was wearing the silly beak/hat. He loves me just the way I am!

This is me, smack-dab in the middle of a pumpkin patch (i.e., "a bunch of balls") in Charlotte, N.C., a few weeks before Halloween, when my Mommy and I went to visit our friends Matt and Greg. This would be a great place for some Absolute Destruction, if one were so inclined. (Hmmm... Do we know anyone like that?)


This is just a random, leftover photo from September. I trust you'll agree with me when I say it hardly needs a description.

And finally, since I know you'll all give me a hard time if I didn't include this, my Top 10 List for the month:

LUCINDA'S TOP 10, Nov. 2007

1. Mommy's boobies (Last month: 1. Months on chart: 14)

2. Mommy (Last month: 2. Months on chart: 14)

3. Candy (Last month: NR. Months on chart: 1)

4. *Absolute Destruction of All I Encounter (Last month: 3. Months on chart: 10)

5. Daddy (Last month: 4. Months on chart: 12)

6. **Putting Things Inside Bags and Boxes (Last month: NR. Months on chart: 1)

7. Elmo (Last month: 5. Months on chart: 3)

8. Belly Buttons (Last month: 6. Months on chart: 3)

9. "Bah-Bah Black Sheep" (Last month: NR. Months on chart: 1)

10. My favorite word: "No!" (Last month: NR. Months on chart: 1)

Dropped out of Top 10 this month: Smoothies, Headstands, Doggies (Such as Bubba) Who Lick My Face, The Insides of Major Kitchen Appliances.

*-Category formerly known as Tearing Sh*t Up.

**-Also includes Taking Things Out of Bags and Boxes.