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My biggest regret this Halloween is that Rowen watched The Nightmare Before Christmas, her favorite movie, so much that it's scratched beyond watching.  We watched Young Frankenstein and The Corpse Bride instead, which is also fun, but I miss Jack.  

We took Rowen to pick out a costume and she chose a dragon suite.  Huh.  She's going to get a lot of  "what a cute little boy" since her hair is covered up by the outfit.  It doesn't bother me, but I'm curious to see if she'll notice or correct.  My new favorite Rowen story right now is seeing her run through the house, brandishing her stick "sword", and crying "Don't worry prince!  I'll save you!" 
Damn straight. 

Rowen's Godmother Lauren and her boyfriend John are trick or treating with us tomorrow.  This has turned into something of a life marker for both of us.  When I was little, I lived in a crappy neighborhood, so every Halloween, we would drive to Lauren's house in a nicer area and trick or treat with them, and then come back to the house for Little Ceasar's pizza.  This year, we're doing the same thing with Ro, still at her Mom's house, still Little Ceasar's.  The circle of Halloween life continues.  They're going as pirates.  Lan is borrowing his dad's gear and going as a cowboy.  I still have no earthly idea what I'm going to be.  As luck would have it, I get paid the week after Halloween, so storebought is out.  Any ideas I have come up involve more prep time than I'll have.  I'll be working tomorrow, then coming home and throwing costumes on everyone.  Sigh.  I pray the genius creativity of the legendary Hannah May costumistress would visit me this day. 

Tonight we're carving pumpkins. 

After that will be complicated holliday juggling feats of work and sitters and a recently finalized divorce in the Grandparent set.  I think maybe that's why Halloween is my favorite holiday.  It has all the dressing up and magic and decoration, without much in the way of family nonsense.