I suppose they could do both, WS.

I suppose they could do both, WS.

It's common to do both. Matilda has done it.

Burrell, a cursory search for whether or not it is ok for kids who are collecting for UNICEF can accept candy yields no specific etiquette. The only real hits I get are for "is it ok to take my baby who is too little to eat candy out Trick or Treating to show off his costume, but not take the candy?" Which tends to get the response of, "that would be weird, what are your neighbors supposed to do, say 'um ok nice costume, have a nice day'? Either take the candy and give it away or collect for UNICEF." So maybe they should not ask for candy on top of the donation, but if candy is offered they can have it. I'd bet more often than not people will offer.

I've never been tricking or treating--was yet another thing we looked wistfully at, and made grabalicious hands. I've dolled up for parties, and I assume if I lived somewhere with a house I'd dress to open the door--but the times that came out, the housemates wouldn't play along. We ended up leaving the candy outside or turn the lights off.

In Vancouver, a couple years ago, I went with BFF to find last-minute doohickies for her flapper vampire outfit, and I put on all the black clothes I have (trivial exercise) and we traded off candy giving. The porch was enthusiastically decorated appropriately, but the nearly-not-literal killer was that Lars decided to creep out the doorbell, so you got random spooky sounds.

Krav holidays were fun--that's when I started costuming myself, and they were run and exhausting. The idea of doing it for kids that might care, and rather they do care, and they want their fingers back and the thing on his head is clearly trying to eat his brain.

I am always remiss in taking pictures, period, especially of babies. And even though his little tummy was colicky, I was still able to get a couple new shots. None of C and the baby, because the two of them require a faster lens than I own

Skipping on the other hand of shabbat and internet-connection-problems, in order to apologize for managing to miss two Buffista Calendar events: two days ago, on the 25th, was brenda m's birthday, and yesterday, the 26th, was Fiona's birthday.

Lots of belated wishes for a wonderful year, brenda!

Lots of belated wishes for a wonderful year, Fiona!

And a great almost-even-if-not-exactly-first day of your new age!

And lovely weekends al around, of course.

Happy Belated Birthday to Brenda and Fiona!

It's raining here and I am reading about digitisation standards.

Happy belateds!

We had that rain overnight, I guess -- I vaguely remember hearing it.

I really need to see if any of my remaining abandoned vegetables in the fridge are good, and figure out what to do with them.... That's a plan for the day!

I think I shall make a final surge in File All The Things and clean off my desk, which is rather like unto an archaeological expedition. Wish me no dead bodies....

Timelies all!

Happy Belated Birthday Brenda and Fiona!

Happy belated birthdays, brenda and Fiona!

Good luck with the excavation, Theo.

I have bacon/blue cheese/bloody mary muffins in the oven for breakfast. I've got a big day of watching football and shopping for winter clothes ahead of me, so I hope this concoction turns out okay.