Kathleen: Halloween

We've always celebrated Halloween with dressing up and handing out candy and sometimes with fun foods and parties. And even though the kids are too old to dress up any more we still decorate the house for the neighborhood kids and pass out handfuls of chocolate

Alex even came home for the weekend...the whole weekend...normally he's not even home for 24 hours. But he had some stuff he needed to take care of at home and he surprised us by coming home on Halloween. We also had friends over for dinner and then we watched a couple of the first season episodes of Dexter.....

Actually...they watched....I had door duty. Although someone always had to get up and deal with the stupid dog every time someone came to the door. Porter, being the brave watch dog that he is, charged the door with each and every ring of the doorbell....barking, snarling, snapping at the outlines of small children through the glass panels....several which are still cracked from past warnings of "DANGER!!!" from our dear pet....once we convince the dog to retreat to the dining room and sit he'll obediently sit until told he can go play.....still, we're careful to have him until control because I don't want the kids scared. Of course one group of kids asked "Can we see the puppy?" I'm thinking "The puppy? The one who just attacked the door showing you his best Kujo impersonation....the puppy with the snarls and snaps and big teeth? That puppy? Jeez, children have no sense of self preservation!!" But I smiled and said "O.K....." and invited Porter over to meet the kids.....and he grinned happily as they all petted him and coo'd at him....stupid dog. Eventually John got fed up with him and locked him in our bedroom....ahhh...peace.