Despite temps in the teens, I think we had a pretty good turn-out. We didn’t get rid of nearly enough candy (for which read, “We bought way too much candy, so now we shall have to eat it, the horror, the horror”), but we had pretty good attendance.<\/p>\n
Kitten got to wear her tiger costume to Margie’s office, and we also braved the cold to go around to several neighborhood houses, where she wowed them with her rendition of “Tick teet!” and “Tank’oo!” and “Rrowr!”<\/p>\n
After exhausting the neighborhood (and before Daddy’s ears froze off), we headed back home, then drove over to Jackie & Doyce’s for the annual “Isn’t She Cute?” Fest. We discovered, via Justin’s ninja costume, that Katherine knows all about stabbing people with swords, which is either mildly disturbing or something to be proud of.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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