Little boys should come standard with tails.

We thought about taking Connor trick or treating, but he can't eat a lot of candy yet, and he wouldn't understand the process, we thought it would just make us look like a couple of parents trying to use our child to score some free candy so we could sell it at the crackhouse later... so we opted instead to go by both sets of grandparents so they could see him in his pony costume.

I could have watched him run around in it for hours, but I didn't think my heart could take the strain. It was that cute. But cutest of all, was the little 8 inch tail on the back of the costume that swished when he walked. It made you want to pick him up by it and smoother him with kisses. A built in leash. Little boys should come standard with tails.

Dad and Ellen got 1000 trick or treaters, several of which showed up in their school clothes with bookbags, basically just trying to score free candy and other high school students that even dressed up, but remained completely aloof just so you know, that they are too cool to be trick or treating... even if they are wearing a fairy costume.

I think it would be fair to put a sign up that says, no costume, no candy. If you can't bother to dress up, then maybe I can't bother to give you 15 cents worth of candy. Or, no costume gets a Soy Carob bar with a note taped to it that says, next year wear a costume.
After all of the chocolatey goodness is gone from their Halloween bags, there sits the Soy Carob bar... and you know you would have to taste it. That'll teach em.