The tale of a construction worker, a mom, their little shark and an anemometer

or Halloween 2013!

Micah was a shark.
(We got three years out of this costume. Best buy ever! And who knows, we might get another year or two out of it)

I kept asking Joel what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween.
A farmer?
A surfer?
A pilot?
Jacob Moon (our favorite guitar player)?
A singer?
Joel's response: an anemometer.
I asked multiple times. I suggested the above ideas. But this kid is adamant.
He wanted to be an anemometer.

For those of you who are wondering, an anemometer is a device that measures wind speed. Those little cups spin around in the wind and the amount of revolutions lets us know how fast the wind is blowing.

Why does my two year old know what an anemometer is?
Grandma!
When we were in Oregon, they are on almost every roof along the water. He wanted to know what those "fans" where. Perhaps that's were this obsession comes from. Joel sure likes fans.

Needless to say, I dressed him up as a pilot as backup in case he wanted to loose the anemometer along the way. He made it half way through our 2.5 hour adventure before he decided that it was too heavy and too annoying to have on his head. It did get caught in bushes, stairs and railings quite often.

The kids had a great Halloween. They loved walking up to people's houses, walking in and talking to almost everyone they met. Micah would hold up his bucket for candy, and once they put candy inside, he would examine the loot, and hold up his bucket again. Sometimes he would even say "more." He definitely got a lot more candy that way. Way to be cute little guy!

Joel asked almost everyone if they liked firecrackers. He doesn't and made sure everyone knew that.
He was quite observant along the walk, pointing out octagons, pentagons and semi-circles along the way. He would often give an shapes lesson to homeowners. They loved it!

What we took away from this Halloween:
If you got cute little guys, you get more candy.

This neighbourhood is awesome. Many people knew us from the area and would pull out their, "I recognize you, therefore you get more candy or full size chocolate bars" stash. These kids scored big, netting an entire reusable shopping bag FULL of candy (or 3 ice cream buckets full if you will).

This neighbourhood loves the Barkmans. Our trip took twice as long since most of our neighbours were asking about them, wondering how they were. (yes, even streets over from us). It was awesome to know how much they are cared for and how much they love us just because we live in their house.
Barkmans, EVERY neighbour loves you guys and you left quite an impression and reputation to live up to. You guys are loved here!

All in all, a great day!