Halloween Day ABCs and Carvery

Halloween day and Logan decided to recite all his ABCs alphabet letters
from beginning to end! Even better was that Grams and Mom heard it and
managed to get it on video. Could this be a good or bad
omen?
It was Grams last full day with us and so we took a leisurely stroll
outside, primarily for the purpose of getting the U.S. mail from the
demountable a couple blocks away. With us was an excited Logan on his
bike. Part of the reason Logan thoroughly enjoys going to get the mail
is because it sometimes includes us going in a big loop around a gas
station. And at the gas station we have occasionally stopped in to grab
a little ice cream bar, a severely sought after treat that Logan can
barely hold himself back from.

That afternoon some friends stopped by: Joanne and her Son, Aidan, and
Daughter, Chevonne, came by to get some Halloween candy we'd wanted to
pass on to them from our good friend Mary (who mailed us candy from
afar). While visiting, Daddy invited all the kids to join in helping
him carve the pumpkin. We made triangle eyes and a triangle nose.
Aidan wanted a buck tooth grimace face and so we did that too.
Everyone helped pull out the seeds and yucky gooey 'entrails' of the
pumpkin, much to their delight. Logan, being his shy and quieter self
when around less familiar folk, was a bit standoff-ish with the whole
pumpkin thing, but you could see he still enjoyed it. We then put the
candle in and watched it go all aglow and become spooky! At the
twilight hour we had the pumpkin out in addition to all the other
halloween decorations that Mom and Grams had put up, but all to no
avail. We didn't get any trick-or-treaters that night. Probably
because we were the only ones in the area that had a light on indicating
that we were willing participants to pass out candy. A good amount of
Aussie's don't tend to celebrate Halloween as much as in the U.S. and so
many kids go over to certain parts of town with more American based
families to get candy there.
Because of Logan having had experienced two days straight of Halloween
festivities, we figured he could skip the trick-or-treating this year
and not feel as if he'd been left out of anything. Anyway, sugar and
Logan don't mix too well... and a third night of misadventures was not
desired. Besides, it was Grams last night and so we thought it'd be
best to enjoy the evening as best we could.