boo!

At close to the last minute, I got my Halloween mojo back. Inspiration came in the form of an orange glitter skull marked 70% off at JoAnn Fabrics, a package of Fimo for my long-imagined crown and belt of bones, and a big bowl of Texas red chili to share with a little frog and a little Christopher Robin and their parents.

Shaggy took one for the team and stayed home to put Oscar to bed and hand out candy while the rest of us went out to trick-or-treat. Lucy and Luca were way more into the whole thing than either of them were last year, racing each other to the doorbells and never hesitating to yell out "trick or treat!" and "happy Halloweeen!". Scarlett, a little younger, was a little slower getting from house to house.

We went up one side of the street, and down the other, Lucy eagerly finding every porch light that was on with the glee she typically reserves for spotting streetlights. Lucy collected chocolate and lollipops, and at one house a "cheese ball" that I later discovered was a tiny box of milk duds. At a certain point in the evening, Lucy and Luca decided they were done, so we passed the rest of the houses on the way home without knocking. (Scarlett wasn't quite ready to quit.) We parted ways in front of our house, Lucy and Luca chanting "cheese ball! cheese ball!" on the way to their front doors.