Halloween in Adelaide - a bit of a fizzer...

What's happened to the wonderful costumed kids who used to visit each 31st of October to trick or treat? Last night we had only 3 kids in 2 groups ring the bell. Leaving us now to eat a lot of chocolate.

What's happened to the scary ghosts, the monsters, the fairies? Have they all grown-up and gone to parties where something stronger than Freddo Frogs is consumed?

We gave it a shot though - the kids carved a wonderful 'jack-o-melon' as I was too late to buy a whole pumpkin. The idea of gluing together a few pumpkin segments from Coles didn't really excite me.

But eldest daughter celebrated Halloween in Ashland, Oregon and texted that her trip to US is now complete, having Halloween'ed in America. I knew she would love it!