Of Wizards and a Witch

I am really hoping this post made it in time to be counted for the month of October.  I just opened it up and it was 11:59 as I selected new post.  By the time this window opened up the clock read midnight.  We shall see.  Regardless of the official date stamp of the post the report is for the 31st day of October, 2011.  A day commonly referred to as Halloween. 

I realized earlier today that I had no Halloween candy to hand out.  I made a run to Smith's after work and grabbed the only Halloween candy they had left.  A couple bags of caramels and some plain M&M's.  I like to give out butterfingers and the like because that is what I like to receive.  I happen to believe that the Butterfinger is one of the best candy bars in existence.  Now look, when I am in the mood for something a little classier I can go for a Cadbury Milk Chocolate and Hazelnut bar.  Sure that doesn't sound fancy to many but when I served in Port Elizabeth there was a Cadbury chocolate factory in the area and sometimes you could catch a wiff of the stuff.  I also quite love hazelnuts.  That is my mature person selection of a candy bar whilst the butterfinger is a favorite from my youth/childhood. 

When I came down the street I noticed a very red haired boy running from the house over to Jay and Sara's next door.  It was the back of my favorite Jack's head.  There are moments when you look at your kids and you realize that they are growing at a rapid pace.  He is lengthening out some.  Gosh, I just thought about this little boy who has been such a joy in my life and I got a little choked up as I think about the rapid growth pace.  I have probably written this before that my kids are my best friends and wow, I am going to be one sad dad when they are all grown up.  Sorry for the tangent.  So there was Jack with his crazy red hair, then there was Andy with his big scar and finally Natty dressed as a girl from Slitherin House.  I guess I should mention that Jack went as Ron Weesley and Andy as Harry Potter.  So I had a couple of wizards and a witch.

We had a good time out trick or treating though I tested their patience with a bit of picture taking.  Here are some shots of the bunch.

Oh my goodness they are fun kids.  I do  have to say that I was not all that disappointed when they all wanted to be done after three streets.  I was actually Andy's mode of transportation by that time and needed a break. 

A bit ago I had Jack pop up here.  He is absolutely wired.  He didn't eat much candy after trick or treating but I did let him watch some train videos and that has his mind really working tonight.  I had him back down in bed and he just came up again.  This means that tomorrow morning is going to be fabulous.  In the meantime I have Jack talking into my left ear at this very moment talking about the 3700 series of locomotives.  Sweet.  Anyhow on his first trip up the stairs he said:  "I could hear footsteps".  I assured him that it was me and he replied "dad, you gave me a fright on this Halloween night".  Pretty sweet line tonight. 

Other then that it sounds like we will begin construction on his train sometime in the near future.  First thing - a cattle guard for the front of the train.  Sounds like we are going to be busy.  Now if I can just get him to sleep this Halloween night.