Okay, today, at this moment in his life I do not think Nuno will mind this picture being there for the world to see. But one day, he might be too cool. And he might question my motives for posting a picture of him having fallen asleep reading a book about Halloween. But to me, his mother, this captures so much of what I love about him. 1) He, just like every other child is just so damn cute when he’s asleep. 2) He fell asleep reading! Do I need to say more? I mean really isn’t there a moment where you move the book aside? Nope, reading ’til he passes out. Now, that’s hard core. 3) He loves Halloween as much as his mommy. A little gift this child gives me every year, so far at least, is asking that we celebrate his birthday as a  Halloween theme. This year we are celebrating on the day. Two birds, one stone, thank you Nuno.

Halloween does not exist as we know it in Portugal. But, we will do our part to make it fun for us and our friends. We just ordered the book he fell asleep reading, along with a few others to get us all in the mood. I specifically ordered the one on his head to share the ‘basics’ of what Halloween is with the kids’ classes. I am going in to read and talk about Halloween to his and Lana’s classes. I can not assume that the kids know anything about Halloween, so I am starting with the basics. You see, even last year there was some confusion. The kiwis had it in their mind that Halloween was only about scary costumes. So when I showed up at an adult’s Halloween party dresses as a New Jersey Housewife people thought I was mad. What? Really? People questioning MY understanding of Halloween?!?!? Not on my watch will I allow children to grow up with such mis-information. The kids in Lana and Nuno’s class are going to learn the true meaning of Halloween.