Snow today maybe?

Well apparently there are flurries forecast for this afternoon. Slight chance of 2-4cm - we'll see. As you may have gathered it is now Monday morning and I'm writing my blog entry at work (at least that way I can say I acheived something today!!)
The forecast actually said flurries followed by rain, which if it holds true doesn't bode well for tonights Scout Investiture Campfire....They'll probably relocate to the Fire Hall again.
Anyway, back to events past and of course the big news of the week - Halloween! I still can't get over what a huge event it is. Apparently it's worth $2.4billion to the Canadian economy!!! Certainly Dollarstore do a roaring trade in plastic orange tat. And as for the candy companies...
A lot of houses really make the effort with gravestones and skeletons and orange lights.
It really started on Monday evening with the Cub Halloween party. The scouts helped set up the various activities within the hall, and then the kids were seperated into groups to go round and take part. We had Pumpkin Putting, Ghost Stories, Cookie Decorating, Pumpkin Decorating, Apple bobbing and a Halloween memory test. This was followed by a sing-song and treat bags and then all the kids were booted out the door (with their parents of course!). We had the whole thing wrapped up within 2 hours - result! The leaders then stayed behind for a Group Committee Meeting.
Tuesday was of course Halloween itself. Deborah stayed at home and did the dishing out of the sweets/treats (she dressed up as a witch) and I took Matthew & Emma out. We were joined by Mary-Beth and her children Emily & Christopher, and Jeanette brought along Spencer. So a nice little crowd. Christopher is only 3 and was dressed as Bear in the Big Blue House. Talk about cute....I even dressed up as Count Gustavo of Transylvania. We were out for about 2 hours and the kids collected a mass of sweets and crisps - enough to keep them going until Christmas! Deborah had between 80 and 100 kids at the door. Thankfully it's now over bar the battle to stop Matthew & Emma eating their horde in one sitting...
Halloween decorations are down, just need to start preparing for the Christmas ones! Generally people put the outside house lights up early to get them up before the weather turns really bad and prevents them from doing so. However, it just doesn't feel right!
We're going to take a tree from the garden this year - we have plenty! Helps us thin them out as well.
Deborah has been busy with Welcome Wagon visits. It's amazing the amount of people who are moving in and out of the area. As far as VIP cakes goes, I'm going to start designing the website soon to at least have an information site up.
Matthew & Emma are off school today - Teacher Training. In fact they only have one Monday at school this month! Next week is Remembrance. This is a statutory holiday in Canada, and consequently I have the Monday off.
And that about completes the week.
Postscript....Indeed it did snow - all afternoon. Then it turned to rain and this morning it's all gone.....so it didn't count!!