Halloween this year demonstrated that we have arrived at a new phase with our kids. Luken was a part of a gaggle of boys (seven or so of them) who worked like a surgical strike team, pelting from one house to another, their thank-you's training behind them because staying to say it might slow a person down. They got through an unprecedented twenty blocks in under an hour.
Kami trailed behind with her friend, Izzy. This was her first Halloween with a peer along, and I hope she was savoring the experience. I don't know if she was because I felt the need to keep track of the boys more, they were so fleet of foot.
In years past, there was a smaller group of us. We meandered more. The adults got to chat a little. We got to stop at the house made of stone that reminds me of old Scottish houses I've seen and sip their apple cider. The couple who lives there is right around 70, and they would dress up in elaborate costumes. I don't even know if they were dressed up this year because we whizzed by so.
The scariest costume I can imagine these days: a Mitch McConnell costume where he's saying that the single most important piece of business for Republicans now is seeing that Obama isn't re-elected. (Thank goodness there aren't more pressing issues for the Senate to address, like foreclosures, joblessness, and the like.)
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