Finally getting a chance to post some photos from Halloween. Tori did a great job on Zadie's costume -- she was Pippi Longstocking -- and Skip's costume also turned out well. He ended up being a farmer/cowboy, even though originally we were going to make him Pippi's friend Tommy. And Charlie was Pippi's monkey, which worked out well since it kept him warm on a fairly cold (for California) trick-or-treating night. So we didn't pull off a theme like we try to every year, but they were still pretty cute.
And I was particularly proud of Tori for telling the kids they could eat an unlimited amount of candy that night IF they ate all their dinner. We stuck to our promise and Skip, in particular, completely gorged on candy. I don't think he's ever experienced anything remotely like that. It's kind of funny for me to think about how all his food is so tightly regulated and healthy and then all of the sudden his parents dress him up in a funny outfit, tell him to go knock on people's doors, and he gets to eat all the candy he's ever wanted. Seems kind of overwhelming, but he adjusted just fine.
It was a really fun night and one of those times when I tried to stop and pinpoint why exactly I was having so much fun with my kids. Frankly, I wish I felt that way more often (instead of being tired or hurrying or nagging) and so when it happens I really try to figure out what is making me so happy and how I can replicate it in the future. I think it was fun not to have any rules and just let the kids do whatever they wanted. It turns out that I enjoy my children way more when they're eating tons of candy. I'm sure that goes both ways.
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