Halloween...or the lack thereof

Today is Halloween. There's another 3 hours left in the day before the clock rolls around and declares November's birth. Despite my best efforts to prepare for this day for Weslee, it has come and gone without trick-or-treating, parties or events, though we do have a costume for Wes (he was supposed to be a jack-o-lantern this year...but we bought it a little big, so I guess he can wear it next year. We may take some pictures of him in it tomorrow for the grandmothers' benefit, if nothing else). We found out yesterday that the base's Halloween event for the kids was the day we arrived. Even if we had known about it, I wonder if we would have made it. We were so exhausted and it seemed that we could stay awake little more than a couple of hours at a time before falling again into a deep and dreamless sleep. Even Weslee, who usually protests against naps was happy to become better aquainted with his bed that day.

We asked about trick or treating. The Brittish do celebrate Halloween or All Hallow's Eve with going house to house for candy. But, after searching around for a while, we realized that it would be too far a walk to the nearest neighborhood from our current room (nearly 3 miles one way) to enjoy the candy gathering festivities. Plus, the temperatures are nearing freezing. We enjoyed a nice "winter mix" today for part of the afternoon. I really wasn't expecting Mildenhall to be so chilly. I even sent most of my sweaters and long-sleeved attire with the movers, thinking that I wouldn't really need it until closer to Christmas.

So, instead of going door to door in the freezing cold (and hiking 6 miles to do it on the narrow roads in the dark), we stayed home and made tacos. Then, we let Weslee eat mini Halloween oreos that we brought with us from the States to his heart's content while we searched the internet for houses in the area (not exactly the most fun way to spend Halloween...but still exciting in a certain sort of way).

I am so excited by what I see. There are so many cute homes that are within our price range. There are some I've fallen in love with even though I haven't seen them in person. We may end up with alot more room than we had at first thought (though those homes are quite a distance from base and would be very expensive to cover with utilities) or we may end up with a cute, and cozy little home closer to base and save the money from heating bills to go exciting places like the Swiss Alps and Italy. Who knows?

P.S. By the time I was done writing this post, Wes looked like he did in the last of the pictures. He found his "sheepie" and cuddled on the cold linoleum at my feet in the kitchen area and fell asleep. I didn't even notice him there (I was a little preoccupied) until Kevin pointed him out. He was using the sheep as a pillow and snoring softly as if he were in the most comfortable bed ever. So, this is what happens when you let a little kid eat 5 bags of mini oreos...they get hyper for about 10 minutes and jump around singing "bite, bite, bite, bite, bite, bite, bite, please, bite, bite, bite" until they get it all out of their system and then they crash HARD! Goodnight and happy Halloween, Weslee!