Socialism abounds! Free candy for the masses!

Today was Phineas' first Halloween. My day started by finding my colleague Tori dressed up as Tom Dunne (pictured above), replete with a baby Finn, a loosened collar and an electronic razor. She even went as far as to buy a wig...but for some reason she bought one with a lot of gray rather than the warm chestnut glow of my glorious mane. Not sure where she was going with that...the one she bought must have been on sale. Phineas came up to West College later in the day and he got to hang out with some of the folks in Molly's office and mine. He was sporting a great Boo! hat given by Dianne (hat shown in the picture with my boss Kathleen Deignan...is there a law against using your child to suck up to your boss?) and also wore assorted Halloween bibs, socks, onesies, etc. So lots of orange and black which fits in very well. We walked to Colleen and Harrison's for our first official trick or treat experience, and got a great Halloween bag for Finn's candy...I look forward to Finn filling it for years to come. I swear I am going to make him go to 50+ houses...go get daddy some candy! Our friends Kevin and Hope stopped by in costume (pirate for Kevin and "harried hedge fund employee just of a train" costume for Hope) and we passed out some candy. Our last trick-or-treater was a solo woman solidly into her 30s trick or treating by herself...she kept asking Kevin if they went to high school together. Hey, I can't blame her, she is out there networking, meeting the neighbors, mining dating prospects and washing it all down with free Almond Joys. But, our rule is when the adults without children start coming to the door it is time to snuff the candles in the pumpkins and shut it down. We hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Oh, I almost forgot to mention that the second picture is of Finn's costume....a dinosaur or dragon. The good news is that Phineas is in a major growth binge...the bad news is that he got too big for the halloween costume we bought about a week ago...so, we put it on one of Finn's bears. Dang, would have been cute.