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I can’t say that Halloween was the same as when I was a kid, I guess it was because I grew up in the city, not knowing much about Halloween and had never gone trick or treating. In fact, Halloween was something that I didn’t look forward to, I dreaded going to school on that day, and had to hurry home because I didn’t want to get hit by eggs. I took the subway home, and the walk from the subway station to our apartment was like a war zone, kids would be up on the rooftop of a 4 to 6 story apartment buildings throwing eggs down to passerby, I had to run fast to be able to dodge the egg bombs.
I’m happy to say that it’s not like that anymore, especially for Lee. We live in a small town now, and our neighborhood is very safe and we’ve a huge turn out every year, kind of surprised me that we seemed to have more this year than last year, even though it rained part of the night, but people didn’t mind coming out at all.
Lee was dressed up as Princess Jasmine, a fictional Arab princess and the heroine of the 1992 Disney film Aladdin.
I was surprised to see several adults dressing up to give out candies, this lady was dressed up as the Chick-fil-A Cow.
Old tricks but definitely a treat for Halloween 
- A game of TIC TAC TOE
- Don’t drive a car on Friday the 13th (from K’s post)
We went to Myrtle Beach South Carolina for Labor Day Weekend, not the best weather to be at the beach since it was overcast and cool the whole time we were there.
For many, Labor Day marks unofficial end of summer.
This made me think of Footprints in the Sand poem.
We all helped Lee looking for seashells, it was my dad, Bo, second sister and Lee in this picture.
Lee found a pretty one. She had a great time, the last time we took her to the beach was 4 years ago, she was only 3.5 years old, and couldn’t remember much.
Today is Memorial Day, it is a United States federal holiday observed on the last Monday of May. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it commemorates U.S. men and women who died while in the military service.
The gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery are graced by U.S. flags on Memorial Day. (source)
Photo at wikipedia, Author: Remember
Yes it’s a federal holiday, and most have a long weekend, but sadly not for us. We’ve to work today, so I had my memorial day cook out yesterday. I never fail to take food photos, but this time I didn’t. We went to Dan Nickolas Park afterward, it’s great to be a kid on a hot summer day.
In memory of my mom and all the mothers that are no longer with us, you will always be a part of us and we missed you dearly.
I think what makes this day possible and special are the children or some now adults…Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there.
Trivia about Mothers…
- There are 84 million mom’s in the U.S.
- The youngest mother on record was Lina Medina, who delivered a 6½-pound boy by cesarean section in Lima, Peru in 1939, at the age of 5 years and 7 months.
- The odds of a woman delivering twins is 1-in-33. Her odds of having triplets is approximately 1-in-539.
- August is the most popular month in which to have a baby.
- Kentucky has the highest percentage of women who are mothers at 67%. The national average is 57%.
- About 4 million women will have babies this year.
- The median age of a woman giving birth for the first time in the U.S. is 24.8.
- Daughters keep in closer contact with their mothers than do sons. (Pew Research)
- There are more phone calls made on Mother’s Day than on any other day of the year. (Pew Research)
- The number of people calling their moms on Mother’s Day has declined in recent years due to e-mail and other electronic means of communication.
- While nearly 80 percent of Americans will buy a card for mom this year, 83 percent of the cards will be purchased by daughters. (American Greetings)
- Mother’s Day is the third-largest card-sending holiday.
- Mother’s Day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants.
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