Making Decorations
When October rolled around this year, Joss was adamant that we have decorations. I blame his kindergarten teachers for this. He kept bringing home artworks he'd made at school (and since he has two schools, there was twice as much art). I certainly displayed all of his masterpieces. But even that wasn't enough Halloween cheer for him. When I was slow to understand the level of decorating we needed, Joss took matters into his own hands. [click to enlarge] Joss colored, cut and hung two dozen or more Halloween-themed decorations throughout the house. This is just a sampling, but it gives you an idea of his range of artwork and the variety of places that he liked to hang it. I responded by getting on Pinterest. This is the only picture I have of the Halloween candles we made. We managed to break a glass as we were setting them up, but the bases lit up and looked pretty spooky. Joss was not to be placated so easily. (Look. He really wanted huge infla