It's daylight savings time for those of you in my part of the world. Did you remember to "fall back" an hour? I thought I'd use the extra hour to finally finish my Halloween post.
pretty pumpkinsThis was the first year [of 3] that
Indio actually had some idea of what was going on. He was super-excited the days before because he knew he would get to wear a costume, though he kept changing his mind about what he wanted to be. In the end I picked up a cozy shark costume from
Old Navy, which was perfect since Indy has been studying oceans at school and promptly told me he was going to be a "
predator" when he saw his getup!
On Monday afternoon we set out to visit
Louly's house -- my traditional Halloween stoop hangout
pre-
Indio and a perfect perch to watch all the costumes in the neighbourhood parade by.
Indy joins the gang on Louly and Bill's stoopYou cannot imagine
Indio's delight when he realized that not only did he get to wear a costume, but he also got candy from complete strangers! After almost 3 years candy-free, my boy was delirious with excitement and an overdose of sugar! Lucky for us, he has no idea where his stash is now and doesn't seem to care. Phew!
After what felt like hours of trick-or-treating, we settled in on
Ginna and Henry's stoop for a glass of vino with cheese and crackers. Thankfully, Indy ate some of the crackers and cheese and finally stopped with the candy only because Henry put him up to the task of handing out candy. Now I know what to do next year!
treats from Henry
the loot!
sugar overload
And a few from the previous weekend's parties:
pumpkin rings are the tastiest
snow in october? didn't anyone get the memo: we aren't in Canada anymore!
