We had a great Halloween. Rich's mom came up to celebrate with us. Zoe was a pirate, and Callin was a cow (a hand-me-down from Zoe). Zoe really got into the pirate thing and had perfected her "Yarrr!" by the time Halloween rolled around. She is still saying "Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum." We are trying to explain to her that it's not what Santa says (that's "Ho ho ho").
All the local towns do trick or treating on the 30th instead of the 31st, so we did our neighborhood circuit the night before. We are usually the only trick or treaters in our hood, so our neighbors really depend on us to make an appearance. They were taking special requests in the days leading up to it. One of our favorite neighbors, Bob, had a big spread set out for us: cheese and crackers, almonds and strawberries, etc. He also gave Zoe a book that one of his kids had loved and read us an original poem, entitled "Four Years Ode" (he knows I like poetry).
On the 31st, we visited Jess and Joe in Merrimac, MA. They have a perfect neighborhood for trick or treating, and tons of kids came to their house. I think I may have had more fun than Zoe, though. She got a little freaked out at some of the costumes—especially a very realistic Storm Trooper. She did get into handing out candy, but only for the nonscary costumes.
