Eat, drink, and be scary.
We had an all-out Sesame Street–themed Halloween in 2019. T-shirts represented all of our cast favorites.
My mom: Cookie Monster
Hope: a cookie
Haley: Abby
Joel: Big Bird
Me: Elmo
Hala: Grover in Dubai
Friends joined in as Rosita, Zoe, Ernie, and Bert. We walked in a colorful pack singing “Sunny Day,” which I’m sure was quite annoying to some fellow trick-or-treaters, but we just kept repeating it. Haley loved it, and Hope experienced her first Halloween in New York City, where collecting candy means stopping into mom-and-pop shops or accepting treats from neighbors sitting out on their stoops. It’s such a fun experience that I’m already looking forward to next year. (We’ll see if Sesame Street takes a backseat to a new favorite!)