Moon Dreams & Day Beams

Okay, okay, I admit it. I am totally hooked on kids in costumes. They’re like eye candy, a sweet addiction for a first-time-mother. Yummy! They’re so sweet and charming especially when I know them.  The dainty wings, long tails, bright colors, spooky masks bring out the Mommy in me.  Little Lady Bug Baby R is another cutie.  Add her to my stockpile of lobsters, bunnies, and airplanes. 

And, another one has come in Kid H: 

I haven’t made it to one of these yet; but, I keep putting it on my calander.  It sounds like fun.  This is a cut and paste from a flyer:

F1RST FRIDAY November 2^nd, 2007

Come to downtown Statesboro for F1RST FRIDAY.

Kick off your evening at 5:30 with samples from five of the best restaurants in the ‘boro  Blue Moon, Christopher’s, French Quarter, Hugo’s, and Sugar Magnolia will each have a table at the Averitt Center for the Arts.  It begins at 5:30 with only 100 tickets available.  Get your ticket at the door starting at 5:30 Friday night.

Also stop in to the gallery openings at the Averitt Center for the Arts, Gallery 33 West, and West Main Gallery to see artwork and meet the artists. Local Acoustic music sponsored by Pladd Dot Music, will be performed and sponsored.  Over 20 restaurants and shops will be open late with specials and events of their own.

Pick up a guide at  the Averitt Center to see what’s happening in Downtown Statesboro.  For more information contact Main Street Statesboro, or www.F1RSTFRIDAY.com

Lobster for supper?  Anyone? Anyone?  Or better, lobster for Halloween! This is the cutest kid ever.  Look what your Mama’s cooking now.  She’s always got something on the kettle and something in the pot!  We just visted with him last week. My how your eyes are bigger. And, what scales you have. Nice clampers, too.  You are SO, SO cute!  I just can’t resist showing off Baby T.  Look closely at the lobsters eyes — you’ll know exactly who Mama and Papa lobster are.

so, it was halloween. i distinctly remember going trick or treating until about the fifth grade, i can’t confirm whether i went after that. but, I promised myself and so did my mother that was it.  THAT WAS IT.  Trick or treating into highschool, college, or adulthood, i just didn’t do it.  I don’t do it. I’d love to hear some stories of people still going strong! I want to know your motivations, obsessessions and reasons why.  Because, why, WHY in the world would you do it?

People, seriously… SERIOUSLY… where does the need to be The Girl Who Gets The Most Candy  come from? is it a  competition or something? do you have to be the most-remembered person at the party, the one who collects the most cavaity producing morsels in one round? because what everyone is thinking is: That Is Unnecessary.

And, please if you are going to participate in the holiday faux pas, please wear a costume and at least carry a bag.  do not just stick out your hand and utter an expressionless request for candy, nor stick your paws in the goody bowl.  when you stand before the gracious treat gods show SOMEthing off.  please show off something else next halloween: your brain, your creativity, your most awesome and original costume idea, some sparkley glasses, a bag with a hand drawn picture of, well anything.  make people laugh instead of gawk and make them jealous of your successful brainstorming rather than your apparent rudeness.

oh, and don’t come into someone’s yard asking for candy while holding your cigarette behind your back.  it can be seen. it can be smelled.  don’t pretend the smoke is some quirky part of your spooky costume, or that it is being released from your plastic witch’s cauldron. because it’s not. 

apparently anyone who did not have any where else to go was magnetized to downtown statesboro. admittedly, there were some amazing costumes, some fancy costumes and some people with manners. and, about every 20th person or so, a neighbor or friend was recognized. but the carloads of individuals who came from who knows where, who weren’t even walking need to learn some halloween etiquette.

next year we are posting a sign that says NO COSTUME, NO CANDY — we should add to the list NO BAGS, NO MANNERS, NO CANDY. oh, and NO SMOKING, please.

B and I are always in search of educational, fun things to do. Here is a list I stumbled upon on the Southern Mama’s Blog.  I may make a page of it as we discover new adventures.