Halloween V

I have just been informed that Renae and I will be having dueling blog posts as we both tripped over each getting to our laptops to blog about our Tru's Spiderman Halloween.
The days leading up to Halloween were wrought with worry as Felix was grappling with a cold and the threat of rain from the always looming rain clouds. Though even through the illness, Tru continued to show his excitement by decorating the porch with spiderwebs and spiders, and carving four of his own pumpkins.
Then, with the 31st upon us, Felix had conquered his cold and we spent the day in downtown Renton trick-or-treating the shops with friends Charlie and Clara, and enjoying a little carnival type thing with his friend April.
Our plan was to have Renae stay home to hand out candy while Felix trick-or-treated our neighborhood. But when Charlie and Clara stopped by for dinner they convinced us to join them in visiting cousin Rooney and trick-or-treating his neighborhood. The four friends, Felix, Rooney, Charlie, and Clara, had so much fun discerning the participating houses and eagerly running up to the doors. It was neat to see the camaraderie between these four in their mission to collect goodies. After about an hour, Felix wanted to get back to our neighborhood and hit some of those houses. We said goodbye to our friends and headed back home where Renae took him around.
The weather had been good all day, even a little warmer than past Halloweens; warm enough that our pumpkins were showing signs of mold days before they had in previous years. Though, as Renae and Felix were out, we got a bit of a downpour. I hurriedly blew out all the candles in the pumpkins, turned out our lights, and got in the car to drive around looking for them. I did find them when they were almost home, and by that time the rain had really subsided and they were fine. We can't complain, originally the forecast was for rain beginning at four o'clock, a little bit of a shower later in the evening was fine.
The next morning, Tru ate a bowl of cereal and then rushed over to his candy. He culled out the ones he didn't like and gobbled up a few of those he did like. Subsequently, we got to see, up close and personal, a sugar rush. Felix was literally running in circles in the family room, singing and saying non-sequiturs.