It was Halloween, a day for many celebrations and so Jane put on her ears and we went to breakfast at Small World where they seemed to want tricks since they were not offering treats.

Back at home, Benjamin was doing the M&M (as opposed to Eminem) thing then with hat and gloves even pausing for one last glimpse of television before we headed to the bus stop where Chip and Doris where in costume (NOT!) and the others began to assemble as Ben and the football player and the princess played their pet dog game.

Carol had brought books, so Chip posed with his and Ben posed with his as mother and son discussed their current reading projects.

Next, it was off to school for the parade with Emily Klockenbrink passing us in red as Ms. Frenchu came in her usual costume and the grim reaper appeared followed by not one, but 2 Statues of Liberty (or is it, Statue of Liberty's?). The other M&M (store bought) passed as I paused to look at one of the cafeteria ladies who had done a nice job on her hair as I took a dark picture and then a picture of the cafeteria stools to give a profound view. Ben's teacher followed (as spaghetti and meatballs) accompanied by the two girls who sit next to him (Emma and Meghan). Then Benjamin appeared much to the enjoyment of the other cafeteria lady who had quite the costume. Another status of liberty went by followed by some people from the bus stop as Sponge Bob appeared at too great a distance for the flash to do a good job. We saw Dr. Ginsburg before heading off.

That night, it was time for trick or treat'ing in earnest. Jane and Lucy were ready even when Rosie joined them but Kaylen was otherwise occupied. Benjamin worked on the demographics of his candy as Jane posed for more head shots and with her friends though Kaylen still wasn't back. Meanwhile, Ben's costume sat in the corner and the candy suffered from a lack of trick or treaters.

The flowers balloons and note made us glad that Suzanne's chemo was over. The nurses had given her these wonderful flowers that meant a lot. Kaylen reappeared at last as Benjamin's candy counting project was completed.

This seemingly meaningless picture is actually quite significant as you will observe in the next episode.