Since all holidays are overdone these days (in my view and as these numbers show) the kids had a Saturday party (where the enthusiasm of the other parents, all dressed up I might add, was a bit too overwhelming for them, leaving them under the table with a pile of cookies), then a daycare party, a school party and then finally trick or treating.
This was the first year the boys went out - Seth was cautious at first, worried about the prospect of tricks versus treats. Avery got right into it, grabbing the kindly offered candy bowls and trying to get as much in as possible.
Speaking of which, a neighbour told me that up the hill from where we are, one house is legendary for its Halloween loot: the first 100 kids get stocks. Last year, it was a $100 RESPs (and you thought full size chocolate was a score!) I googled around but didn't find anything on this so I'm posting it on twitter. I believe it though - one: my neighbour has lived here for like 30 years and is in the know and two, most of the houses on the way to school had professional Halloween decorators doing up their houses (yes really) so this is not a stretch.
What you can't see in these pictures is that Seth's costume had also become too small since we bought it, but despite our attempts to lure him into another outfit, he refused, so he was the lion prepared for the flood. It was that bad.
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