Halloween and folk music

 Raphael making a mask at Olwen's Halloween-themed birthday party.

Lucas, Raphael, Olwen, and Neven and the "citrouilles"

Raphael makes the same disgusted face his father did 10 years ago, when he carved his first pumpkin.

After listening to Peter, Paul and Mary's "If I Had a Hammer,"  Raphael, unprompted, tries out his own version of "Pierre, Paul et Marie."  His debut single is titled, "When I Will Have a Hammer at Night."  We admit that his lyric writing needs some work, especially toward the end of the song he really loses momentum. (A carrot? Seriously. Come on, Raph.  What are you, 3?). 
 Then again, maybe it's a French thing.   The "real" French version of The Hammer Song really is just one step above "carrot."  Desolee Claude Francois