Halloween

Another Halloween has come and gone. This year Xander was Perry the Platypus (aka Agent P) from Phineas and Ferb while Quinn was a Fairy (she thought of herself as Abby Kadabby from Sesame Street). We went over to UCSB Family Student housing to go trick-or-treating with Xander's friend Kellen. It worked out well but I got a bit of a stair climbing workout helping Quinn get to the doors on the second floor. Pictures are available over at Flickr.

Holiday Parade

Last night we took the kids to the holiday parade downtown. We had planned on getting dinner after the parade which was a mistake since the parade was a two hours long -- not the thirty minutes we had expected -- so dinner ended up being at 8:30 instead of 7. And that was after we cut thing short by walking three blocks up State street so that Xander could see Santa at the end of the parade. Xander had a good time; he claims that his favorite part was the giant gingerbread man balloon but based on he's been making us parade around the house as he plays his candy-cane balloon as a horn this morning I'd say that he liked the marching bands better. At least he hasn't asked me to float around the house like a giant gingerbread man balloon yet.