Halloween! Yes, the kids had a great time. David was going to be either a bat or Batman, until he saw Isabelle dressed up as a cheetah a couple of days before Halloween. Then he wanted to be a big cat too. So luckily, we had another big cat costume from last year, and then we had two big cats with pumpkin shaped buckets, eager to know on some doors.


Grandma Jeanne came up again, and the kids were super happy about that. We headed out in the darkness, and started to knock on some doors, with a bit of trepidation. After a couple times of hearing and seeing the goods drop into their buckets, those fears waned, and we couldn't get to each house fast enough! A couple of times, David couldn't wait for the doors to open fast enough, and would knock, wait 15 seconds, then ring the bell, wait a few more seconds, and ring or knock again.


The other hard part was after we turned a corner onto a certain street. It was a fairly wide street, with lots of kids on it, and lots of houses with their Halloween decorations glowing brightly. We couldn't stay to just one side, and yet we didn't have enough time to go all the way down one side, then turn around and come back on the other side! So we zig zagged about one third of the way. Why only one third? Well, before we left, we asked the kids to go to the bathroom. I don't know if they did or not, since we don't stand in there with the kids. But both kids said they did. And off we went. It turns out, the bladder doesn't lie. So we had to make a quick detour home to take care of the business which may have been missed 30 minutes before.

In hindsight, it was probably a good time to head back anyway. They still wanted to do lots more trick or treating, but it was good to get off the road before the tired bizzies or fussy we-didn't-get-to-that-house whines.


After we got back home, Isabelle asked David to come over to the center of the living room, and they dumped out their loot to survey just what it was they were so happy about. They were very diligent about separating all the different types of candy, and even the chocolates amongst themselves.

Later that evening, just before bed, they played Trick-or-Treat with all sorts of things they grabbed in the house. One would go to the door, and knock, and the other would pretend to open a door, and the re-enactment continued for 15 minutes as they each took turns.

Gladly, they both slept very well, even staying in bed until 7:30. And even then, they just came in to our room and jumped on us. That was rather kind as they didn't wake up Grandma too soon, or jarringly.