Hallowe'en!

Toby and Noa have not dressed up for Hallowe'en before, so we started low-key. One of the families from playgroup- one of the more 'balanced' ones- invited us to a party at their house in the afternoon. We had costumes from Grandma and from a friend at work, so we chose the ones that fit more or less. The others will be perfect for next year. At the party the kids decorated pumpkins on paper and glued them to treat bags. Then they had a snack (hoping to feed them something nutritious before they had access to a bag of candy!) and played with the family pet: a soft white bunny. The adults were then assigned to a room in the house and a bucket of candy, while the children (12, ranging in age from 1 year to 10 years) were gathered outside the front door. They proceeded to knock on each door of the house, from the ground floor to the roof, and yell 'trick or treat!' Toby and Noa really didn't understand what was happening for the first few doors, but then they were chiming in with 'trick or treat' and opening their treat bags. Can you imagine what goes through their heads?! 'Hmm, someone opens the door and gives us candy- how cool is that??'