Happy H(1)alloweeN(1)

Trick or Treat? Well...unfortunately this year our kids got tricked. I don't think when Paige asked them what costume they wanted to wear this year she expected the answer to be "I think we'll dress up as swine flu". I'm not sure why there's all this fuss about breeding vaccines and getting them to the public...they should just come to our house because apparently we have conditions just right to be a fertile breeding ground. In fact our house turned into an 8th grade algebra problem this week when H1N1 + H1N1 = H2N2. Well...technically I think the right answer is 2H12N1 but who really remembers that crap anyway?

So...this year, which was going to be our first real trick or treat experience, turned in to one more year of staying in the driveway. Of course we were the only house on the block passing out hand sanitizer and tamiflu to the kids, but I'm sure the local parents appreciated our concern for their kids. The kids also thought that by layering in a time change on top of their piggy flu, Paige and I were in kahootz with the doctor to force them in to one extra dose of medicine (which loses out 10 times out of 10 to Snickers and M&M's).

But, for all the fever and coughing this week, the kids were well enough to get costumes on (Bryce as Bob the Builder and Ivy as a Cheerleader) and man the candy bowl in the drive way for an hour or so and greet some trick or treaters. I think we'd be better off doing Halloween in Boca Raton as our kids would much prefer the 'early bird' crowd since they go to bed before things really get rocking and rolling. To pass the time Bryce broke out his tricycle and rode mad circles in the drive way while Ivy desperately tried to figure out how to open her bag of M&M's (which she did..promptly stuffed as many as she could in her mouth...and then spit them all over the driveway).

A little pre Halloween pumpkin decorating

Ivy got confused because we frequently call her pumpkin...so she thought she needed to decorate herself

Bryce the Builder ready for a Job!

Ivy sitting still long enough for a photo...just putting this thing on makes her start to do tumbling passes

Bryce anxiously awaits the trick or treaters

Ivy stealthily sneaking some M&M's...Bryce on the lookout patrol

Ivy retreats to her chair to try and figure out how to open those darn M&M's...Bryce got a little loose in turn 4 and crashed in to the bushes (top right :)).