Hallows Eve

Another year, another low-key Halloween. However, tonight we had our first-ever trick-or-treaters - very exciting. Our neighbour D. brought his two little girls over, dressed as a clown and a vampire, respectively. Needless to say, they garnered themselves quite a large scoff of treats, as A. had laid in ample supplies of choccies "just in case" an army of kids materialised at our door. Heh.

My sister-in-law came over this evening and made dinner for us, which was very civilised. We had squid-ink linguine with peppers - delicious. Afterwards A. lit the fire in the living room and we had cappuccinos, before attending to our other visitors.

A. brought home a litter of five two-week-old kittens this evening. Their mother died and they need hand-rearing (i.e. feeding and being made to pee every few hours). They are very tiny and adorable - but a few have picked up respiratory infections from the clinic and I am very worried about one of them, who is quite poorly compared to the others. I hope s/he makes it through the night....