Our Halloween Tradition

Whew! Close to two months have gone by since my last entry. I can not believe that it is November 2nd!

Not much to report. Jordan is busy with school, soccer and piano. This year Frank is coaching his soccer team, so the boys are having a lot of fun together. I am glad Frank can take the time to coach and that he is able to spend it with Jordan. Go Barracudas! Jordan started taking piano this year and is doing really well. My niece, Chalisse is teaching him, and he is enjoying it. I, for one, am pleasantly surprised. I thought that piano was going to be a struggle between the two of us, but he is a very willing participant!

Brooklyn is busy with school, piano and ballet. She is in the midst of Nutcracker rehearsals. She is dancing 5 shows, so she is very busy. She rehearses everyday but Sundays and Fridays, plus her regular ballet classes. She is a very determined and dependable young lady. She is very excited about the upcoming shows. She is doing very well at school and piano as well. I am amazed sometimes, how she gets everything done!

Now onto our Halloween tradition. In our family our children have the tradition of getting sick on Halloween, and NOT because of the candy! For the past four years either Brooklyn or Jordan or both, have become sick on October 31st. Sometimes they wake up sick, other times I get a call from the school to come to get them, or they have come down with a cold between school and trick or treating. Once Jordan came down with the flu while we were at the mall trick or treating. Poor little guy, he lost it right outside the entrance to the Sears department store! I think he tramatized his little cousins Michael and Rebecca as they were with us. I felt so bad for Jordan, who had a rather large audience to witness his most embarrassing moment, and for the maintenance staff, who had to clean up! He was mortified. Everytime we pass that spot, he relives that moment. This year was no different. I picked up Jordan from school, very optimistic that at last we were going to make it through the night. Jordan, unfortunately, came out of school with a headache. He did manage to trick or treat for a while until the cold took hold of his little body. He has been out for the count since. Alas, our tradition continues.