Comments on the Weather: Halloween

I am starting to realize just how much where you live dictates how well you celebrate certain holidays. Growing up in Arizona, the 4th of July at my uncle's pool and Thanksgiving with 50+ relatives at our house were the epic holidays. In Colorado, the 4th of July was usually pretty lame, but Christmas took on whole new meaning because it was actually cold outside and we could usually go sledding after presents. In New York, we end up leaving town more often for holidays so as to be around family, but Halloween is done right. This year we had a chili and pie cook-off at church, a pumpkin float in Central Park, a costume party with friends, and the Village Halloween Parade. To think of all we missed out on last year because so much was canceled after Hurricane Sandy.

Since the parade, we've tried to come up with great group costumes that we can talk our friends into next year. We had zombie missionaries and a herd of unicorns on the list, but recommendations are welcome.

These puppets were by far the coolest part of the parade. There were even penguin puppets in the same style, but I was too overwhelmed with excitement to get a picture of them.

This is pretty much how we both looked during the whole parade.

The tortoise and the hare puppets were quite theatrical. They had moments where everything paused and the tortoise shadow puppets came out and you'd hear a tick-tocking. Then the music would speed up and the rabbits would get going again. Very cool.