November 1, 2011

  • We had 234 trick-or-treaters this year.  I think that's down slightly from last year, though I haven't double-checked.  It was a Monday night this year, which might deter a few people. 

    I was playing Doodle Jump on the iPod touch with the kids watching me (Grant kept wanting me to play it, and now I play it sometimes even by myself).  Then Grant kept hugging me and saying, "My best friend!" (did he get that from the Cars movie?)  and then "hug!"  Then I noticed he did it when I lost, especially, almost as if trying to make me feel better.  He's so sweet.  He was watching Madeleine skip today, and was yelling to her, "Hi Madeleine!  Nice job!"  My mom says he's a keeper.  It's true. 

    The kids did great trick-or-treating.  The neighbor girls ended up going with us, and it was pretty easy.  We got through the row homes, and then the kids got tired on the last street on the way back home.  But they got tons of candy and had a good time.  There was one house at the end that scared Grant a bit.  I had to carry him, and when they opened the door, he didn't say "Trick-or-treat!" but instead said "Hiiiiiii!" in a voice that was strong but tremulous and scared.  It's hard to describe it.  It's like he wanted to start wailing, but was holding it together and saying "hiiiiiii" instead of losing it.  But he couldn't think of what you're supposed to say; he was too scared, I think.

    Anyway, it's time to go read books to him. 

    And then tomorrow is Brian's birthday!  He's a saint. 

    Good night!

     

    P.S.  I checked.  Last year we had 280 trick-or-treaters; the year before that we had 262.  So we were definitely down a bit this year.