Aditya "chose" to make up his own costume for Halloween this year. (In the previous two years he was a police officer and a fireman, and both were costumes bought from the store.) He dressed up to be a chef.... complete with an apron, a spatula, and a tall paper hat he created with some help from Aai!
He went out trick-or-treating with Shreya and one of Shreya's friends. He enjoyed it, of course, but the truth is, with 3 kids this soon became a situation with "rules" about who should take the lead in knocking on the door. I saw a much less spontaneous and bubbly Aditya as compared to last year. Lesson learnt!
The beautiful part is, Aditya articulated to me that he was getting bored. Wow! Expressing the emotional side when he feels like it (and not when it is appropriate to do so)!
Last year, Aditya and Shreya had collected about 50 pieces of candy. This year, they scored in the 80's! With a growth rate of 60% all you folks must want to invest your money in this young enterprise!
Since he does not eat the candy, he asked to exchange it with "cents". We offered to round up his 81 cents to a whole dollar. He was flexible with this idea and said "okay":-)
Okay, we are letting out one more secret. He and Shreya both got to eat a piece of 85% organic dark chocolate.
