Mike's musings

Hallowe'en

Today was All Souls Day, the day before All Saints. The lives of all who have lived are remembered. Another name for tomorrow is All Hallows, which means that today is the eve of All Hallows, or Halloweven - Hallowe'en.

We went to see Victoria, Grenville and Sennen for a little party-ette. Charles, Sennen's 12 year old brother, was there with a couple of his friends, and it was really a supper with a few games for them. Jo and Sennen had a nice time (when _will_ Jo learn to share of her own accord...? :-)), as did we. It was, as Moo pointed out, very interesting to watch Jo with the older children. She interacts quite a lot with children a little older than her - 2-4 years old - but much less with this age. Pass the Pumpkin (like pass the parcel, but with a hollowed out pumpkin instead) was fun to the extent that sweets came out of the pumpkin when it was Jo's turn, but the act of passing it around was beyond her. On the other hand, bobbing for apples was great. She and Senned would just grab the apples from the bowl and put them back, but they also insisted on putting their faces close to the water. It's also lovely when they laugh just because other people are.

Watched yesterday's episode of Spooks (which we'd recorded) tonight. It's so poor, but such fun.