All Hallow's Eve

We had a great Halloween this year, with lots of parties, candy and chances to wear costumes. Jack was a party-pooper and didn't dress up this year. I only dressed up once for the Trunk or Treat at our church. But Truman got to wear his costume three times and loved every minute of it! Jack has been showing Truman all of his favorite 1930's scary movies. So Truman wanted to be Dracula or the invisible man (he likes to be scary for Halloween). We didn't think anyone would get who he was if he dressed up like the invisible man so we went with Dracula and he looked great!

Trick or Treating

Truman's class all dressed up!

Jack & Topol: A Night of Theatre

As a general rule Jack despises musicals. He says it is because his sister forced him to watch Grease a billion times when he was a kid. But I just think he is hard-hearted. It is unfortunate for him that he married a woman who loves, loves, loves musicals. My sister, cousin and I spent nearly every Saturday, growing up, watching hour upon hour of musicals at my grandma Isaak's house. There is, however, one musical that Jack enjoys watching...The Fiddler on the Roof! I don't know if it is because it is set in Russia or what, but I know part of the reason he likes it is because the lead in the movie, Topol, is so good. So when I heard that Topol would be doing a farewell tour of Fiddler and that they would be in Baltimore, I knew we HAD to go. So I bought tickets and surprised Jack. It was great to see the show. It actually took a minute after Topol started his dialogue for my mind to wrap around the fact that it was really him and not a recording. Any way as you can tell by the longest post ever, I really enjoyed it!

These pictures are blurry because I couldn't use a flash and I had to take

the one of Topol on the sly.

Hippodrome Theater

October Weekend

Okay, okay, okay! I know it is November already but just pretend it is still October and enjoy these pictures from a couple of Rowe family outings from a few weeks ago.

Fort Washington

So if you ever have a free day with nothing to do, might we suggest a drive down to Fort Washington. It is across the river from Mt. Vernon. Of course you will enjoy the visit more if you have a son and husband who are really into warfare! But even if you don't it is still a really interesting historical site. It was fun to walk all around the fort exploring.

Truman found a snake skin!

Butler's Orchard

So every fall they have a fun pumpkin festival at a local farm. With slides, hayrides, a corn maze, a pumpkin cannon and a whole host of other fun activities. We however got there too late to enjoy any of this and had to settle for picking pumpkins in the pumpkin patch! But it was still fun and we got to spend a ridiculous amount of money on some pumpkins!