Come and Gone

The big night has come and gone, but don't worry--Ben and Janae are still as happy as ever; right now they're having fun jumping in a pile of laundry that is about to be washed.

There were a few incidents that I should report, though.

At the beginning of the festivities I demonstrated my usual grace by tripping up the stairs in front of Mom and Dad's house (before the trick or treating began, luckily). Unfortunately, I was carrying Janae, and she landed face-first on the cement. She was still a cute little teddy bear for Halloween--she just looked a little beaten up. (Maybe this was one of the reasons she was mistaken for a boy all night, too.)

 

Ben met up with a group of witches and an angel--when I asked him what his favorite part of Halloween was, he said TRICK OR TREATING without any hesitation.

 

We came across one house with an extensive Halloween display, including dancing witches and a skeleton coming out of a grave. Janae made short work of this, though. She knocked down the stone and chain gate that was holding the display together, and it took me several attempts to balance it all again (of course, the woman who lived at the house came out to help!).

Janae also left her candy bucket in the driveway of this house--which we realized when we got to the next door. She was definitely "done" before any of the others.

 

When we got home we were surprised to find the co-op darker and even more dismal than usual, so we quickly lit up our pumpkins, and we had about three trick or treaters come by. Ben knocked at a few more doors (the two or three in the whole complex that had lights on!), and then came home to examine his candy (and Janae's too).

I'm pretty sure we are going to be "playing Halloween" for the next few days--maybe even weeks. Last year this went on until about the middle of November, when I snuck the Halloween decorations into the closet and put up a few early Christmas things.

As most of you know, Ben gets really into Christmas, too--during the holiday season, and even well into the spring, he lives in his Santa hat and often insists on wearing as much red as possible.

I think we might be able to get Janae on board for this one, though--after all, she won't have to wear a hat, go door to door in the rain, or carry a bucket. She will make a great elf!