Flada Blog

There aren’t a lot of good things to be said about living in base housing on a Navy base. But there are a few nice things. I guess it’s like a gated community in that there are armed guards controlling who can access the community. On the down side, you sure don’t want to forget your ID at home when you leave the base.

Last night I discovered the best thing about living here–the greatest trick-or-treating that a kid could imagine. Many housed decorated with very friendly people giving out candy are the norm on this base. One of the houses we stopped at had a sheet over their garage door with a fog machine in the garage and more than a few ghosts, ghouls, and other nasties. I’ve paid to go to haunted houses that weren’t nearly as nicely done as that garage.

My wife walked with our older son while I pushed the stroller with the baby. It was a fabulous night which makes me wish that we could go knocking on people’s doors every night. Conrad didn’t have a costume, so I put some mousse in his hair and messed it up while my wife drew a moustache on him with some kind of eyeliner pencil. It was our attempt to make him an Albert Einstein costume. Although I’m not sure anyone knew who he was supposed to be, he got a lot of comments on how cute he was. Of course, the baby wasn’t wearing any costume and he got a few comments on how cute he is as well.

Anyway, a picture:

Unfortunately, this is the only photo I took of Conrad that actually turned out decent.

Other (non-Halloween) photos:

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