Halloween
Although Jacob was less obsessed with it this year than last (having realised that Christmas and birthdays are far better things to be obsessed with), he was certainly hugely excited by the prospect of getting dressed up and going trick or treating. In fact, I heard him asking Doug at breakfast time when it would be dark enough to get his costume on.
I managed to distract him for most of the day with a trip into York with Granny & Granddad, but once home he pestered incessantly until I dressed him and Sam up in their Halloween finery:-
They had a great time trick or treating with Granny and Daddy and got a very good haul of sweets (and some money). My parents were amazed at the numbers of children that came to our door (they obviously don't do such things over the other side of the Pennines) and couldn't believe that our large dish of lollies and chocolate had all been distributed by around 6.30pm.
And a tip for next year; Tesco do a rather spiffy bag of spider web for 50p. I did have to spend quite a lot of time draping it round our dining room the night before Halloween, but once I'd finished, it looked very Miss Havisham and the boys were suitably impressed.
posted by Rowan @ 6:06 PM
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As any fule kno, I am a terrible grouch when it comes to enforced entertainment such as Christmas or Halloween (although if we got a day off work for the latter I'd be right behind it).
That said, I did answer the door to an 8-year-old witch from up the road, who got some fizzy fish for her trouble. But that was it. Perhaps the mean streets of SE6 are simply hellish enough the rest of the year!
in London, we only got slightly aggressive teenagers, so never opened the door.
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