Thank goodness for the pumpkin patches that dot the landscape, at least in the northern half of the United States, in September and October. Otherwise, most of our children probably wouldn’t grasp the concept of agriculture. Our extended family doesn’t get too involved with Halloween hoopla except for cool, mostly handmade, costumes. Oops, enter Matt, with a reputation for quirky and just-this-side-of-good-taste home decoration. We will want pictures of this year’s effort, of course. In the meantime, Felix keeps changing his mind about his preferred Halloween disguise, fortunately before and not after I started on the triceratops costume. Close call. I’ve always wanted to make one of those Anne Geddes baby flower fairy outfits, and now I have our Coco. I should probably do that before she gets old enough to assert herself.