It’s Olivia’s second birthday-with-us, and our second Halloween here. We were hoping for more trick-or-treaters now that we have kids on our cul-de-sac, but after all the area events all weekend I don’t think many kids got out. The neighborhood kids came over before piling in cars to go elsewhere, but that was about it. The college kids decided to improvise, and hung a bag of candy with a sign around the giraffe’s neck, which I guess is what I should have done.

Although then I would have missed the guy walking out of the woods with a crossbow.

(Bow season started here Saturday. We’ve wondered if anybody hunts these woods - now we know.)