As one recovers, the other falters

Emsy woke up bright and sparky today, which was great, but Isabel came slumping into the bedroom this morning with a very runny nose. Hopefully she'll follow her sister's example and it'll just be a 24 hour bug. Despite the nose, and general whingy-ness, we still decided to take her trick or treating because she'd have been just gutted not to have gone.

We dressed the two of them up in their Hallowe'en outfits and went over to a neighbour's house - the kids played a few games and then all went out trick or treating in a big group (eleven of them, must have been a bit of a shock as people opened their doors!). She had a great time and got a lovely haul of sweets, and I haven't even snaffled any of them yet. I'm enjoying the remains of the bucket that we bought though, since we only had two groups call at the house so there's plenty left! A US colleague of mine once said that his sons go out on Hallowe'en with pillow cases and have to come home to empty them half way through since the pillow cases are full. How scary is that?!