Halloween

I realize Halloween was a week ago, but for those of you who are still in chocolate withdrawal, here are some reminders of the wondrous holiday where grown-ups inexplicably give you gobs of candy just because you showed up at their door with a costume and a bag.

On that note: our friend Tyler (seen below in all his Billy Mays glory) said that when he was about seven, he wanted to go on a candy bender and decided to trick-or-treat in July. He had the first door slammed in his face at which he point he started to think maybe it really was just the one day that adults lose their minds and give out sugar to any random kid who shows up.

T. the Ninja (hyah!) in the Halloween parade at his elementary school

Our friends, the Jacobs, at our place before trick-or-treating. 

Tyler really does bear a frightening resemblance to Billy Mays and

Marylynn does the emo teenager look pretty well. The little black

witch-shaped shadow in the back is their daughter Cricket, 

T.'s buddy, and the unicorn-do Superman in front is Buster.

Ninja Sethie, Ninja Thomas, Superman Buster, and Witch Cricket.

The green arms are mine, desperately trying to keep Seth from

removing his Ninja mask and revealing his secret identity (that of

angry, over-heated two-year-old who hates stuff on his head).

The kids wait at a door for that most magical event: the

presentation of the candy! Note that S. is sans Ninja mask.

You just can't keep that kid dressed. It did make him SLIGHTLY

easier to see in the dark, especially since he refused to hold any

kind of light source. We should have just strung reflective tape

on his back, I suppose, but that would have, kind of, ruined

that whole "Ninja" aesthetic we were going for:

"Hey, what's that?"

"Don't know. Looks like a ninja."

"But he's wearing reflective tape."

"Guess he didn't want to get run over while crossing the street."

"Yeah, you can't be too careful these days---aaiiigggh!" (destroyed by Ninja star).