Halloween on E 78th st.



The witch, the crying lion and
Darth Vader

Yesterday it was Halloween. And, as most of you are probably aware, it is a big thing here in the United States. People of all ages dress-up in costumes and celebrate. Grown-ups usually gather in a bar or at a friends house to party. And kids do the traditional "Treat or Trick". I'm not a big fun of Halloween and my husband would never be caught dead wearing any kind of costume. However, my oldest son, as any normal kid of his age, was super excited waiting for Halloween. And, something that you quickly learn when you become a mother is that you will probably do things that you had never imagined you would be doing one day. So there I was yesterday evening, wearing my witch costume while pushing a crying lion in his stroller and a happy Darth Vader standing on the back of the stroller. 
We headed to the upper east side where I had been told there was a special street to do the "treat or trick". We passed by all kind of characters, monsters, superheroes, dinosaurs and what not. And it was actually fun. Everybody was enjoying the Halloween spirit, and nobody cared if they looked ridiculous under their masks or like me wearing this huge black cape, pointy shoes, triangular hat while holding my broom on one hand and pushing the stroller with the other hand.

We arrived at 78th with Lexington and what I saw was beyond my imagination. All the townhouses on the street had a special Halloween decoration, some of them were very impressive and sophisticated (my pictures are terrible - I used my blackberry, the light was bad and I was trying to keep the kids close to me). The owners (like the old pirate below) were happily and patiently distributing candies on their doorsteps, to hundreds of "trick-or-treaters". Apart from the fact that there is too much people, so going with two small kids can be a little bit stressful (I almost lost F), I loved the experience.

P.S: Would I do it again? If it depended on me, probably not. But having two young kids, I believe that I'll have a lot more Halloweens ahead of me. However, out of curiosity, I think it is worth doing it at least once.