Halloween

Everyone is growing up and Halloween is different. 

It's kind of sad to not walk around the neighborhood on beautiful fall evenings 

with everyone out and about -- socializing and seeing the kids costumes. I miss it! 

Wearing something easy to make and easy to move around in!

But I love being home to answer the door and pass out candy! We were unsure how many trick-or-treaters we would get in our new neighborhood as the houses are farther apart and there are fewer children. But word got out pretty quickly about the King Size candy bars and we had 110 trick-or-treaters!


(One 2-year-old came to the door chanting, "King Size Kit Kat! King Size Kit Kat!" Her dad apologized, "Sorry! Her cousin told her there are King Sized candy bars here!")

This year we watched the Dodgers play in Game 6 of the World Series in between answering the door. And as a bonus, the doorbell rang so much we were able to train Kershaw to sit and stay seated until we said "free" so he won't jump on people who come to the door.

Supporting the team with our mascot, Kershaw. "Jansen Saves"

Kershaw's new dog bed. 

Meanwhile, Chris was out getting a perm. He's wanted one a long time, but I was pretty skeptical of spending so much money and having the results not what he wanted. BUT, his hair was so long, he wanted the chance to see it with a perm. And it's not very likely that it will ever be this long again. So, a week earlier I remembered about Paul Mitchell hair school. A perm there was a third the cost. 5 hours later Chris was finally done. He actually loved chatting with his stylist (a black guy -- his skin color gave him street cred with the teenager and being a guy stylist made him "cool" and easy to talk to). Also, one of Chris' gifts is he can talk to anyone about anything, so he had fun meeting someone new.

AND, his perm turned out really cool! It looks great and he loves it!

Successful night!
Happy Halloween 2017!