Halloween

The kids had a great time during Halloween. They were both excited to get dressed up and they both loved watching the other kids on the street. We started early, right around 630pm and we were the first ones on our street. We hit about half our complex, but only about a third of the houses were 'open'. Pretty sad... There were not a lot of kids on our streets either, so whenever Dominic and Joss hit a house, they generally received several pieces of candy. So while they did not hit a lot of houses, they both had full jack-o-lanterns by the time they were done. Dominic's friend Brianna came home late, so we joined her and her parents at almost 8pm and hit a few more houses. By the time we went home, the kids were beat.

Before

During:

Poor Joss, she was running down the street (DominicsMom in hot pursuit!) when she tripped and splayed full out, candy flying everywhere. No, I'm not the heartless b@st@rd who took a picture of her after she fell. I just happened to be taking a shot as she fell and caught her just after impact. She was ok, although I had to pick her up and carry her for a bit.

After

This is the post-sugar rush the kids experienced that evening. It had been a long night and it was well after their bed-time. They both went to bed very quickly.

Joss is still a messy eater. For quite awhile we fed her ourselves or she used her fingers, so we had gotten out of the habit of putting a bib no her. A few months ago we let her feed herself with her own fork and spoon. Unfortunately, she turned out to be a very messy eater with the fork (and she generally gives up on the fork halfway through the meal and shovels everything in with her fingers...) So we've gone back to putting the bib on her.

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