Notes on Halloween 2008:

1. Remember to never again attend one class party and three consecutive lunches on Halloween. At school from 9 to 1:30. Wiped. Me. Out.
2. My beloved son may be getting too old for trick-or-treating. Or at least for doing it with little kids. He got so frustrated (and embarrassed, I think?) that he bailed out early and went back to Auntie’s to hang out with the dads and give out candy. I think next year we’ll let him go with friends his age.
3. Find more places to trick-or-treat. We love Auntie’s neighborhood, but it’s small and not many houses have candy. I’ve pilfered all that I can from the kids’ haul, and now all that remain are lollipops, Tootsie Rolls, and some weird candy from Mexico (Bubu Lubu?).
4. Don’t be resentful if the donut holes you scoured the entire county for Don’t Get Used Because There Were Already Too Many Brought In By Other Parents. (The class made “spiders” with them.)
5. EAT. MORE. REESE’S.
6. Take lots of pictures again next year. I tend to forget or kinda give up, but this time I got some cute shots.

Abby posing with the non-edible crafts from her class party

Notice the donut holes on her plate? The mystery solved...

Charlie's skull-face makeup, courtesy of Dad

Hannah the "Glam"pire

Abby as a Fairy created by the Disney marketing machine

Aaaaaand, THEY'RE OFF!