Halloween and such

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Elliott at the zoo on Columbus Day, at the fire station for its open house, picking pumpkins, and perched at his favorite spot to bug his sister while she gets changed.

Another - watching the deer outside the bay window.

Oh, and also in the process of becoming and then being a scarlet macaw. And pumpkin cake after trick-or-treating, and then the bounty left by the Switch Witch the next (still dark) morning.