No Halloween!

This is a very short post, more of an afterthought but the last post was so long (sorry!) that I didn't want to add to it.

My kids didn't even know that it's Halloween and when I mentioned it to Hodayah this morning she said, "So that's why they had all that Halloweeny stuff on Webkinz!"

No ghouls coming out of people's lawns or spiders or anything.  No focus on candy at the supermarket.  No conversations about trick or treating.  I love the absence of all of that.

Lest you feel sorry for the poor children here who are deprived of the opportunity to go their neighbors houses collecting candy, save your tears!  Over Sukkot, the kids here went "Mishnah hopping."  Our neighbors next door organized the families around here and divided up all of Mishnayot Sukkah and the kids went from house to house (boys shifts and girls shifts) and someone in each family who hosted taught the Mishnayot they were assigned and provided refreshments (generally candy) which the kids added to their bags before going to their next stop.  Kind of similar experience except that the focus is, at least structurally which I think counts for something, on the learning and not on the candy.