Despite my earlier misgivings, we did not run out of Halloween candy this year! We almost did, but not quite. We shut the porch lights off at 9:30, but the trick or treating was winding down by then. We did have a little "incident" which is that Ben had a meltdown about his costume, claiming he didn't like it and feeling self conscious about wearing it. So he spent about an hour sulking on the porch while I gave out candy and tried to explain to him that a) his costume was fine, b) even if it wasn't for some reason no one would care and c) his explanation for why he had picked a costume he didn't like - because he didn't want to disappoint the sales person at the store - made no sense at all because the sales person gets paid whether he buys the costume or not, and wouldn't have cared one way or another if he liked the costume or not. And the person who DID care, his MOTHER, who had paid good money for the costume and now had to sit here listening to him whine, was the one whose feelings he should more carefully consider ;) Eventually he was persuaded to go trick or treating so when Joel brought Caroline back to put her to bed, I took Ben and Becca out and Ben raced around trying to make up for lost time, and Becca, I suspect, double dipped at a number of houses. Below are some pictures from the evening :)
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