"If human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween."
-Douglas Coupland
Each year Ashlyn’s school puts on a fairly big festival to celebrate the start of Fall. This year was no exception, with James and Ashlyn taking full advantage of all the festival had to offer. Games, donuts, and prizes were enough to keep both kids entertained for a while. Hopefully Isla will be able to go next year, she should be big enough by then to enjoy the events along with her older siblings.
Oh Halloween, we spend so much time trying to keep candy and sugar consumption to a reasonable level and then along comes a holiday that encourages children to fill up bags full of the stuff. I can’t complain I guess, the kids had a lot of fun dressing up and walking the neighborhood. This year they went with scary costumes. Ashlyn and James did anyway, Isla was supposed to go as a Care Bear but ended up as a Tigger after we lost the costume (we found it after). Now we have to find a way to sneak the candy out of the house before the kids eat so much that they forget how to sleep.
