Hal­loween has come and gone. Mo had a great time Trick or Treat­ing, he was a pirate again, for the third year in a row and Copper’s first Hal­loween was spent mostly as a hiber­nat­ing bear in his stroller as we trolled our neigh­bor­hood in search of treats.

There’s just one thing I don’t get about Hal­loween. Why do some peo­ple get their panties all in a bunch over kids not dress­ing up? Sure, it kinda defeats the pur­pose, but I have no prob­lem dol­ing out the goods, I think chil­dren should be chil­dren for as long as pos­si­ble and if a 14 year old still wants to go out in search of treats and dress up as a Hip Hop­ster then so be it, even if that’s on par with me dress­ing up as a Gap lov­ing, sub­ur­ban­ite, who dri­ves a mini van.