Halloween (a month late)!!

I've been meaning to get around to posting something about Halloween for a while now. Seems my Round Tuit is permanently lost since it has taken a month to translate action to deed. We actually prepared a little better than usual for the festivities this year. Thera and Krista decided back in September that Thera's costume this year would be an Ice Fairy, and we found a seller on e-Bay that offered custom made costumes. She had one for auction that Krista bid on and won, then gave some specific instructions for how to make it "just right." The outfit arrived in early October so that part of it was done. Chase was 50/50 on whether or not to even dress up this year, but finally decided that he didn't want to miss out on the fun. We did some shopping and he settled on a grisly Grim Reaper costume.

On Halloween I took the day off so we could do some running around and have a relaxed evening to eat dinner and get ready to go out. That mostly worked out - the only snag was that Kato (our Great Dane) had some pretty severe swelling on her muzzle so we had to make an unscheduled trip to the vet for her to get checked out. Dog taken care of ($$$) and shopping done, we picked the kids up from school and got home for dinner then the costume preparation. Krista hustled Thera off for hair and make-up and I prepared the "special effects" on Chases costume. Both kids done, we hopped into the car to head over to our traditional neighborhood to Trick or Treat. Halloween being on Friday this year, there were lots of kids out and the goodies were better than usual. Both Chase and Thera made quite a haul, even though we wound up cutting the festivities a little short. The temperature dropped dramatically after the sun went down, and both kids were uncomfortably cold despite the headlong rush from one door to the next. They both had a good time, and we got a chance to catch up with some old neighbors that we have stayed friends with over the past few years. We made a couple of final stops once we came back to our neighborhood which turned out to be very lucrative for the kids. Since it was nearing 9:00PM, everyone was ready to dump the rest of their candy and turn out the lights. Handfulls of loot were dumped in the bags and we got home loaded and satisfied with the night.