Halloween must be half the reason parents have children.  At least for the baby years, anyway.  Katie’s been going on about what to dress the boys up for on Halloween for at least the last 9 months.  Well the day’s here, and the suspense – well, it can wait one more day, right?  The boys will get in their costumes soon, but it’ll be a few hours before we get back, and I’m not all that confident that we’ll be able to get the pictures up tonight.  Tomorrow, though. Promise.

It was already a scary day for the boys.  I got up early and went to Mill Creek medical clinic, and was perhaps the 150th person in line waiting for the H1N1 vaccinations.  I’m tempted to rant about the idiocy of Snohomish County’s approach to these immunizations, but were I to get started we might not make it out the door on time – probably wouldn’t be done in time to make it to work on Monday.  Anyway, Katie arrived with Laura and the boys just minutes before it was time to go inside and get the shots.  The nurses recognized the boys and argued who got to give them the shots.  Dexter was pretty bored and was already yelling when she stuck him with the needle.  Nic started crying after his brother did, but Dex had stopped within a minute, and Nic was done shortly after that.  They’re turning into such troopers.  Poor Laura had to get the nasal mist version, and she’s still complaining about the nasty aftertaste.  <shudder>  I really don’t want to know what Swine flu tastes like.  Fortunately she just broke into our candy supply, and the Nerds are going a long way to erasing the terrible memories.

We’re about to put them in their costumes and head over to Katie’s parents house.  On the plus side, any candy the boys get will likely be confiscated by their “concerned” parents, so there’s that to look forward to.

Again, sorry for the lack of pictures yet.  Tomorrow, I promise.  In the meantime, if you want to be completely freaked out, you can take a look at this Halloween video clip my step-mom made.  I’d like to warn you about the contents, but I wouldn’t want to spoil the surprise.  Oh, and the file is huge, something like 65mb.

Halloween Mashup

Happy Halloween!