Sticks and Stars

Wow, so much candy. Including eight (eight!) full size bars. Much to my dismay, the boys went for the Rolos instead of the KitKats but eh, what can you do? As it is, I’ve already quietly sequestered the Butterfingers and Milky Ways for myself (but let’s just keep that between you and I).

The costumes were a hit. Last night when my four year old tried on his costume for the first time and I drew a cat face on him, he stared in the mirror with rapt amazement. He was a cat! Tonight, when we were going to the store to buy a flashlight (which we didn’t even use) he had to stop every. single. person. to tell them that he was a cat…as if the ears and tail and whiskers didn’t give him away.

Our real cat was terrified of him. She turned sideways and puffed up and hissed when he walked toward her. While the costume was cute, trust me, it was not that good.

My one year old’s costume got the most praise around town. I returned the puppy sweatshirt thingy for a $3 thrift store ladybug sweatshirt thingy and everyone thought he was adorable…probably because I bundled him up so well and the costume was a little big so he was somewhat lost in all the layers. Without fail he tried to go into every single house at which we trick-or-treated and he tried to grab both fists full from every candy tray that was offered. Last year, when my then-three year old tried to take multiple pieces of candy, I recall people admonishing him to only take one, but this year people just laughed and told me to let them have as much as they wanted. I guess that people in this city get a little more into the Halloween spirit.

Here’s a link to my small photo set of the boys in costume.

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