Halloween madness

It was Halloween last week and we had great fun but, I didn't realize it would be such hard work as well. It started with pumpkin carving a few days before, which James was dying to do but lasted only a couple of minutes at once he saw the stringy, mushy stuff inside. Luckily I received a wonderful pumpkin carving kit from Danielle who was just back from the States so that made my job a lot easier. Then there was the making of the costume which James was also dying to participate in but again only lasted a few minutes at. He wanted to be a skeleton or skelington as he calls it. So I finished that job too but unfortunately in the end no body realized it was a home made costume.

On to the night itself. James' cousin Paddy came over to trick or treat dressed as a power ranger. James was so excited that when we started he just ran all the way down to the end of our street. Paddy having never trick or treated before followed suit. When we finally caught up with them they both turned around and ran all the way back. By then they were already asking to go home. We persuaded them to go into one house where they were met by a strange man who would not speak as part of his Halloween act. At that point there were more requests to go home. Then came the bangers and fireworks which they hated the sound of, but we continued through this hardship only to find that we could get no chocolate, only nuts, popcorn and crisps. I was determined to persevere for the chocolate cause. By about house number 10 they finally got some chocolate, were delighted and were dying to get home.



Lily, the poor thing, is suffering with her teeth. She spends all day licking and biting anything that is put in front of her. She is like a little puppy. She lunges toward you finger if you put it in front of her, then she bites and chews until your finger is sore. She particularly loves biting and playing with fabric. She is also getting the hang of sucking her thumb. Below is a little movie of Lily at the moment and what she has to put up with as far as James is concerned, but she gets her own back in the end.






Here is a couple recent photos.




And I leave you with our favorite Lily funny face of the week.