Assorted Tricks and Treats

First, let us cover the intentionally scary: the Denn boys finished their first official night of trick or treating last night. Grandma Denn kicked off the night by presenting the boys with, believe it or not, the first actual chocolate bars they had ever eaten. I followed up with bags of official Cookie Monster cookies that I had found at Wawa. After they had wolfed all of those down and were delirious from the sugar rush, we hit the streets. While Mrs. Denn handled the trick or treaters at our house, I pulled the boys from house to house in their wagon, and at the foot of each porch they would pile out and seek out their treats. We only went to about ten houses, the primary challenge was that the sugar had set off some sort of Wild Kingdom type feeding frenzy in Zach and I not only had to keep yelling at him to stop opening his candy in the wagon, he also started to try to steal his brother’s.

And yet Zach’s behavior was mature when compared to that of President Bush in dealing with children’s health insurance. Any limited credibility the President may have had when he listed his reasons for vetoing the last children’s health insurance bill was dashed when he said this week that he would also veto a new bill being negotiated by Republicans because it contained a tobacco tax increase. You can read about it here. So the President’s new position is that he will oppose any bill providing health insurance for children if it costs money. I am amazed that there has not been more public outrage at the President’s latest “Lucy and the Football” move.

On the same subject, don’t forget to sign our new petition to have the health insurance reform bills being held up in the Delaware House of Representatives released for a vote. You can read the petition by clicking here.

This weekend you will find the boys and me, as you have for two of the past three weekends, helping Bruce Ennis in his special election for the Delaware State Senate. I will also be stopping by the University of Delaware tailgate, attending the NAACP’s annual dinner, knocking on some voters’ doors, and watching an awful lot of football.