SpOoKy!

We had a busy weekend. It started out with daylight trick-or-treating in Tom's neighborhood. The kids were all having their own little issues, so it didn't get off to a great start.


Don't they look like they are about to have the time of their lives?

But it did turn out great, and the kids really enjoyed it. I was amazed by the enormity of the event. Kids lined up in hoards at some of the better houses; one guy was grilling free hot dogs for the neighborhood; fire trucks were circling the streets tossing candy from the cab. Four streets into it, most of the houses were already out of candy.

It didn't come close to anything I had ever seen, even as a kid.

I guess I waited too long to negotiate Halloween with Joe because I ended up not being allowed to take Jacob, and every baby dressed up like a ladybug or peapod made my heart ache. Through the grapevine, though, I heard that Joe took him to the zoo this weekend, which pleases me, since all he did when I lived with him was sit at home on his lazy ass when we tried to get him to come along for things like that.

The next day it was on to Lewis' birthday party. And another chance to get our money's worth out of the princess costume.