Halloween

I used to go to the Fruit and Vegetable market weekly, or every ten days.  But it's a challenge to go - parking can be hard and it's not quite as close as Carrefour - so I haven't been since we returned from summer.

However.  When it comes to Halloween, I have to go because orange pumpkins are so expensive here.  So in the midst of working on Fall Festival decorations, I headed over to the market last week.  I hesitated, and actually asked Eli whether he thought the kids would notice.  "I think you should get them" he texted back, and so off I went.

I went up the rows of produce looking for the best pumpkins, and decided that a particular pile looked promising.  A bunch of men were shopping at the same vendor, and took it upon themselves to ensure that I received the best quality produce.  When I pointed at a pumpkin (chosen for shape, of course), it was passed to me and rejected by my friends, which led to me googling "jack-o-lantern" and showing all of them what I was doing with the pumpkin.  They mostly smiled but I'm sure they couldn't believe that I intended use my pumpkin as a decoration.  One of them still helped me carry all my pumpkins to the car, which was nice.

When the kids got home, they were cranky until they spotted the pumpkins on the counter:  "LIZZIE!! SHE GOT THE PUMPKINS!!"  So I felt that the whole trip (which was perfectly pleasant) was really worth it.

They designed their own jack-o-lanterns this year.