Halloween!

The week of Halloween culminated last Wednesday with the actual holiday--Liam dressed as Speed Racer (Amy did a fantastic job improvising a costume out of some clothes from Goodwill and a helmet borrowed from Antigen), and Loki was a frog, same costume he wore for the Pumpkin Prowl. Amy dressed as Little Red Riding Hood, in yet another improvised costume that looked really great. We walked our block with the Moores, and the kids got quite a haul. I think this is largely because grownups tend to overestimate how many kids will be coming by (at least here in Seattle) so they compensate by giving LOTS of candy to the kids that do trick-or-treat. Consequently, we had a boatload of candy at the end of the evening. Last year, we decided to let Liam self-regulate his candy consumption, which did not work quite as we had hoped; at about 1:00 in the morning, he woke up and puked all over his bed. Fortunately, he very clearly remembers that incident, so this year he was far more restrained. All in all, a great Halloween.