That time again

In this space last year I note that there was a gap in blogging around Halloween and birthday season and the same craziness has been in full effect this year. Halloween really is like Christmas for Jamie. What he mainly wants to do all the time anyway is wear his Batman costume, only being stopped by our despotic, tyrannical even, ideas of propriety. So a season in which he culturally sanctioned to wear it, and even rewarded with large amounts of candy is about as good as it gets. It was something of a saga finding the right costume. A cape is a crucial element. Sarah ordered a costume online and each day was filled with excitement to check the mail. But when it came it was too small. Then he ones at Target were too big so we ordered another online and eagerly waited again. But this one had those fake muscles and these upset Jamie intensely so there was great sorrow. But at last we settled on using the cape from the costume with his Batman pajamas and all was well.