candy and costumes

Much to Ethan's dismay, we actually gave away all of our halloween candy this year! Horray, we live in a real neighborhood now. :-) Before trick-or-treaters arrived, we filled a large bowl with the candy and sat it by the door. Ethan kept retreiving the bowl and guarding it, saying "My candy." He actually yelled, "Go away!" at one group of trick-or-treaters who arrived when the candy was running low. They just laughed. As he watched the level of candy diminish with each group of trick-or-treaters, he would look in the bowl sadly and say, slowly and quietly, "My candy..."

When the candy started getting low in our give-away bowl, we got the kids dressed up in their costumes to go out in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, we had let Jacob play with his costume ahead of time, and the mask had disappeared. We still haven't found it. But it didn't seem to matter in the end - I was more upset about it than he was. They both nearly filled their buckets, and they were thrilled.

We were freezing ("like ice cubes in ice water" - one of Jacob's newest similes) by the time we got back to the house, so we made our first fire of the season. We have never had a gas fireplace lighter before, so it was quite a show to watch Heath light it. Now we know, you don't have to turn the knob until you actually hear the gas coming out. Ah, I love having an adventurous husband. The fire was perfect, though, and we warmed up in front of it while we sorted the candy and the kids and I ate a few pieces.