I lamed out this Halloween and bought Shuma's costume. I don't generally approve of store-bought costumes, but after looking forward to Halloween for months Shuma and I both got sick in mid-October, and stayed sick for two weeks. Despite being "just" a cold, it was the sickest I can remember ever being, and in addition to my cold Shuma got a nasty case of pinkeye that was resistant to the first of antibiotics and thus stuck around for much longer than it should have. Yuck. So I think I'll go easy on myself for not making what surely would have been the coolest Halloween costumes ever.
We're both mostly better now, aside from lingering coughs (and a general foul mood on Shuma's part), but we had to miss our playgroup's Halloween party which we'd been really looking forward to. We did get to go trick-or-treating in an even organized by a play centre- the first time I've ever heard of trick-or-treating in Japan. Shuma was still a bit grumpy from his cold, and is also still, you know, a baby, so of course it didn't go as planned. He was scared by the noisy older kids and wouldn't walk by himself and would cry if I even put him down for a second. What was I thinking bringing a thirteen-month-old trick-or-treating?
But back at the play centre he recovered and even though he probably didn't know that those colourful plastic packages were filled with candy (nor does he even know what candy is) he was really excited about all his loot.
We also got together with my sister-in-law and her family, to celebrate both Halloween and two birthdays (Shuma and Yuuki were born less than three months apart).
Shuma did manage to enjoy himself, although as you can see above he wasn't crazy about being caged in the playpen with Yuuki while the rest of used carved pumpkins. Or rather, some of the rest of us carved pumpkins. A certain someone chose to nap instead (bonus points for spotting him in the picture above).
That's my pumpkin on the right, and Hisashi-san, my brother-in-law's, on the left. Not bad, huh!
Here's mine again back home, along with another I did at as a guest at an English school's Halloween party.
Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!
shuma looks so cute and nice pumpkins! if shuma gets pinkeye again and if you're still breastfeeding you can use your breastmilk to treat it. The antibodies will soon get his eyes back to normal! (when i was camping this summer (it was a LLL camp) 3 little ones got pinkeye and all their mums treated it with breastmilk and they were all ok again within days. (squirt as often as needed..every hour if it's really bad). Isn't breastmilk amazing!
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Posted by: George Tebresco | 2011.11.04 at 05:04 AM
Wow! Shuma's hair is so fair, even in autumn. Maybe you're dying it. Nah! I thought about Hallowe'en costumes this year for a 2-year old and came up with a real retro idea: Tanuki Mario, or Racoon Mario from Super Mario 3. Looks like you had a similar idea. Good one!
Posted by: David | 2011.11.04 at 06:08 AM
Shuma is always pure cuteness!
Amy, I started to read your blog a long time ago - because of wonderfull food recipes.
But since he was born...cant wait for a new post:)
He is a charming baby, and looking at him makes me being not so scared of having a baby of my own.
Just thinking how much beautifull clothes for babies there are!!:)))))))))))))
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