Several years ago, Main Street Newtown began being the go-to destination for trick o’ treaters from all over Newtown and Sandy Hook, sidewalks spilling with costumed families and extended families lining up from as soon as school dismissed until the candy ran out. Generous homeowners decking their homes with delicious ghoul and ghosts, to greet thousands – yes thousands of visitors, from all over Connecticut now that word spread, all in quest of
Halloween in Newtown
Main Street in Newtown loves Halloween. I’m not sure when it started, but it’s become tradition for Main Street Halloween to be an an event, leaving many modest neighborhoods like mine with the lone one or two visitors, and a bowl of 3 Musketeers and no one to feed. But on Main Street? A completely different story. People come from all over Connecticut to walk the leafy sidewalks north and south of
Halloween Hangover, Still
Okay so apparently crazy birthday hell extended throughout the weekend. And past Monday. And into Tuesday because really, I’m still recovering. Or suffering. Same thing. Should have figured as much, as Halloween will suck the life out of a normal mom with one kid, an OCD husband, housecleaner, full case of wine, health benefits, and car that starts on first go. So Boy’s actual birthday was cake, and too his