Halloween Pictures

Once I became a parent, I discovered that these days, Halloween is a season; candy and decorations are in the stores for two full months, and the parties and celebrations go on for at least a fortnight.

We began with a trip to the pumpkin patch in mid-October:



Ben and Tom turned the pumpkins into three lovely jack-o-lanterns.

Ben decided to be a skeleton this year.



I was a Renaissance woman (an old dance costume) and Tom was a monk.

Here, Tom shows off the prize he won at the party we went to: