The boys had a terrific halloween, and by extension, so did I.
A few thoughts on halloween this year:
- I have to admit, I was a little disappointed when I heard that Tristan’s school had a ‘no costumes’ policy. The kids are invited to wear black and orange, but costumes are not allowed. I was disappointed just because I remember the great fun of wearing a costume to school – the excitement, the sense of a special day, the thrill of seeing what the other kids were wearing.
- I can also understand why they did it – it levels the playing field for the kids who might not be able to afford a fancy costume, I guess.
- Speaking of fancy costumes, I got sucked in myself. Even though I nearly choked when I saw the price tag attached to Tristan’s Scooby Doo costume, when I amortized it over three kids I could justify it. Plus, he really loves it.
- Granny, who normally goes out of her way to give us a lift on Tuesdays anyway, dropped in to see the boys in costume between dinner and trick-or-treating. In his excitement to get his Fuzzy Caterpillar costume on Simon said, correctly, “Granny, you’re going to LOVE this!”
- The boys’ excitement was infectious as we walked to a few houses on our street. It’s hard to believe it’s been 25 years since I felt that swell of excitement, walking up the laneway to a house obviously decked out for the occasion.
- Is it just me, or is the upper threshold age for trick-or-treating getting higher each year? I swear, we had more than one young man whose voice was changing, and a few I had to look up to look into their eyes. There is such a thing as too old.
- Then again, kids too young to read a “DON’T RING BELL – PLEASE KNOCK” sign probably shouldn’t be trick-or-treating alone.
- A lot of things are even more fun when you can share them with your brother.
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This post launches my participation in NaBloPoMo – National Blog Posting Month. There’s no way I could write a novel in the month of November, but since I’m already putting up at least one post a day on weekdays, it would be within the realm of the possible to post every single day. Besides, what else is worth doing in November?
Postcards from the Mothership – now with 20% more drivel!
LOVE the Scooby Doo costume!! And of course, the caterpiller…most squishy and huggable.
They are adorable! And yes, there were a few trick or treaters who were bigger than I am. But, since I was about to get stuck with some crap candy I hate, I gave them double handfuls anyway. Sigh.
I saw a Scooby Doo last night! He was really cute, until he said “Hey lady, get out of my way!”, so your Scooby is cuter, and I’m sure more polite. 🙂
that last picture elicited a long drawn out “ahhhhhh”
sounds like a great time was had by all
I love the Scooby-suit too. Glad y’all had fun. So did we!
Hmm. Is there an age limit to trick-or-treating?
I went trick-or-treating with my 3-year old last night. At least one house gave me a Snicker bar.
Love the dancing brothers image.
Mike
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What terrific costumes!
I’m looking forward to the 20% increase in what is absolutely positively not drivel.
Cute costumes! Aww!
I’m doing NaNoWriMo. More fool me.
November is a BUSY month for me, which is why I am NOT doing NaNoWriMo. Summer is my slow season.
The costumes are adorable! My son wanted to be a bounty hunter from Star WArs, so we had a star wars theme going with our family. I was (a heavy) Queen Amadala and my husband was Obi Wan. We had a blast! And of course the real difference this year is that we live somewhere where you can actually trick or treat and have trick or treaters! We’ve never lived anywhere where we could do that!
OK, that is so adorable!
I know…I’m a little behind, but they look ADORABLE!!! We too had to post a “Do not ring…Knock” sign on our door and got 0 visitors. Tons of kids on the street, but nobody knocked. 🙁