Happy Hallowe'en!

While I'm not a huge fan of the Hallowe'en holiday, per se, I'm also not a "Scrooge"...a bit of a mixed holiday metaphor, yes? *wink*

We had fun dressing in pumpkin holiday stuff and enjoying the oranges and blacks of the holiday.

The kids were more than willing (mostly) to wear last year's costumes again this year, which solved the usual holiday "what-to-be-this-year" dilemma.

Since each of the kids was a pumpkin for his/her first Hallowe'en, Ethan had to have his own costume --Emily's first costume being too small for him and Edward's too big. So now they each have a pumpkin suit to take along with them when they leave home.

I can see it now. Edward and Ethan -- standing 6'5" and 6'8" -- saying: "Uh, Mom...wow! Gee, thanks...what do I do with this?" Emily is nostalgic like me so no explanation will be needed for her. *grin*

We did our usual couple-block range, collecting a huge bag's worth of loot candy. Ethan didn't have to do much more than look cute, and he only did that willingly for the first 10 minutes or so...then he was fast asleep. Still, he did his first "trick-or-treating."

And it wore him out.