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Happy Halloween from Canada!
Filed under: Toddlers Preschoolers, Activities: Babies, Places To Go
We've just returned from trick or treating and I promised Heather I'd do a pumpkin, so here they are. OK, well they're a pie pumpkin and a mini squash, but they're pretty mean looking, no?
Though the day was mild and eventually sunny, in a typically Canadian flip-floppy way it got rather cold out by night. There weren't as many kids out this year compared to last year, or so it seemed. We decided to leave our sad little neighborhood and join my husband's clan at my sister-in-laws house. She lives in "the Beach," an area home to a high concentration of upper middle class families in Toronto. Truth be told, the grass is definitely greener on their side, mostly because people can afford landscapers. The candy's better too.
"Beachers" pride themselves on decorations and often try to out-do their neighbours, so the decorations alone are often worth a trip. So off we went to join my husband's family. (One location makes it easier on excited grandparents too!) Last year Nate was too young to really appreciate Halloween. But this year he really got the spirit. Just hearing him say, "Twicker twicker" at every door made it extra fun for me too. And since there is no way he can eat all of the candy he collected, it looks like my husband and I will be indulging in high end goodies for a while.
Oh and my costume connundrum got sorted. After much running around today, including the purchase of some (ew!) used red underwear from the second hand shop (isn't that illegal?), we put together a proper half-homemadeSuperman costume. I was going to go as Lois Lane but she's a bit non-descript and the costume would have involved a skirt and heels, so I passed on that -- much to the chagrin of my Clark Kent.
Hope your Halloween was as fun-filled as ours!
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10-31-2006 @ 9:51PM
metro mama said...You guys look great!
Cakes only made it to four houses.
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11-03-2006 @ 4:18PM
Uncle jan said...Hi, hi you guys. You looked perfect. Back here Torstein did not show any interest untill his friend, Eirik told hm the possibility of free sweets. He set a new record in dressing up - in only 2 minutes he was all dressed and done his make-up , ready to leav. For the young kids it was at greate sucsess - for parents and grand parents it was rather bob-bob.... late in bed and early up for school - should say it all :-)
Tell the guys to fly over next time, just to say hello - we send Torstein in return since he has the same kind. So Supermans secret is disclosed ....
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