Day 35: Preparing for Halloween

Tomorrow is Halloween and for Rex, this is either good or bad. He could go either way. My grandma suggested we prepare Rex for the occasion because as far as we know, he has no previous experience with the holiday. That was a good idea, and I hope our efforts pay off, even though they were minimal. Colette brought Rex to the Halloween Parade at Asia's school, and he got the idea--kids put on different clothes and march around like they're who or what their costume suggests. He did fine with it.

But that was at Asia's school, which as far as he knows, is very far away because you have to drive to it. It's one thing for robots and fairies and pirates and divas to be at her school; it's another for them to be at our house. I mean, this is Rex' safe place, the spot he knows really well, a steady constant in his life. How will he react to all these strangers knocking? And more, what will he do when I actually open the door?

We think it's better for him to stay home than go door-to-door, so Colette and Asia will get candy and Rex and I will give it out. I do wonder if he'll understand that this is just for a night, not all the time. When, say the day after, someone knocks on the door, will he give away our remote control or our cat because he couldn't find any proper candy? Will he always give away our shoes to the UPS man? I hope not. I need my remote control. I will be observing how Rex is doing, and should it be too much, I'll dump the candy in a bowl, leave a note, and turn off the lights. It's more important to protect the sacred space than to entertain strangers.