Considering we had close to a foot of snow on the ground, Halloween didn't turn out to be half as unpleasant as you might imagine. It was a sunny day, not exactly warm but not frigid, and not a breath of wind... for the most part the sidewalks were shoveled too. Aiden got to wear his ninja costume during a parade at school, followed by a delicious soup & sandwich lunch to which all the parents were invited. It's so sweet to let Aiden show us around his classroom, pointing out things he has worked on, his favorite toys, and his personal journal which he has to work on every week. The kindergarten class invites the parents to a meal once a month (last month was a pancake breakfast), and I'm really enjoying them despite the fact it's sometimes a hassle to juggle schedules around so that one or both of us can definitely be there.
After school we hurried to get the kids into their costumes again, and picked up a pizza en route to the McVrankens house before trick-or-treating. As usual our socializing made us a bit late for the Haunted Woods, but we made it before the nice high school students handing out candy turned into freakish ghouls and groping zombies. Phew. Then it was back along main street until all the kids (Haley included) had a good haul of the sweet stuff. Haley did most of her trick-or-treating from the carrier on Andy's back, and while we couldn't get her to say "trick-or-treat" she had been practicing "thank you" for a few weeks and was churning that out like crazy. Andy said she was whispering it in his ear all night, mostly between houses..."thay yoo" "thay yoo" ...since I think she was usually too stunned watching the action on the actual doorstep to spit it out then. Andy took Haley back for bed at about 730PM and Aiden and I headed back to the McVrankens to dump, sort, and trade loot (isn't that one of the best parts of Halloween? The dump, sort, and trade?!) And of course, everyone got to eat a few goodies too. It was such a tiring day that a few kit-kats couldn't do much damage to Aiden's heavy eyelids once he climbed into the fleecy pile of blankets on his bed. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz..........
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