Halloween Fun

James was Annakin Skywalker for Halloween. He tells me that he was the Annakin Skywalker from The Clone Wars, not little Annakin from Episode 1, or Darth Vader, which is who Annakin becomes when he turns to the dark side. Now that I have lost everyone's attention except those in the ten and under category, I would like to report that we had a very nice Halloween. We went to a carnival at Jamie's school last weekend. He played games, won a fish (which unfortunately has gone the way of most carnival fish), and got his face painted like a clone trooper. Then we had Just Desserts which is a fundraiser for the Bethel Council on the Arts. It is a variety show of local talent and lots of wonderful desserts donated by members of the community. I think James ate three, possibly four of them. Terrence and I were both working and James settled in with a table full of teachers and I am told he was very well behaved (good thing too, since they were all elementary teachers and know how to handle a kid full of sugar). Then on Friday he had a class party and I think every family sent in a treat considering the amount of baked goods he brought home in his school bag ( here is a tip for all you teachers out there, pudding does not travel well in a backpack). Then he went to the Teen Center and judging from the mess they had one heck of a party. Then we went to the High School's Halloween Carnival which is a lot like the M.E. Carnival only with bigger kids and pop music. Then on Halloween we went Trick or Treating in 17 degree weather. You have to work pretty hard for your candy in Bethel. We persevered though, and Jamie got some candy. After that we warmed up at our friend Dave's house and had some fancy macaroni and cheese at his dinner party. Jamie was thoroughly zinged on sugar by this point so we packed it up early and headed home, and did absolutely nothing, which felt great.