The Kent Family Book of Holidays - Halloween

Prologue

The Kent family was excitedly finishing dinner on the Saturday evening before Halloween. The block where they lived took special notice of all holidays each having its own special celebration centering on entertaining both the kids and adults in the families. Lois and Clark would be celebrating their first anniversary in just three weeks, this would be the Kent's first Halloween living on the block, their first Halloween as a real family. The two older kids, Kala an adopted daughter almost nine, and Jason their six and a half year old son, were looking forward to the festive party. Elina was just over one month old and Braden White the newborn son of her god parents, Richard and Chloe White, would be exactly two weeks old Halloween night. Both families were planning to attend the party together since the White's had been given honorary membership in the block even thought they lived a couple blocks away on the river.

The Kents and Whites had some notoriety on the block, being known as 'Friends of Superman'. Well the Kents did win the best decorated house on the block last Christmas thanks to the 'Winter Wonderland' Superman created by making their house the only one in the neighborhood to have a 'white Christmas'. But that is another story in the life of the Kents. This one is about their first Halloween together.

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"I still don't know why you wouldn't let me peek at our costumes Lois. You did say the kids picked them out didn't you. How bad can they be?"

Lois smirked as she juggled feeding Elina and trying to finish her own dinner. There would be treats and food to nibble on at the party but she had insisted both kids eat beforehand so felt she and Clark had to set a good example. She winked at Jason and Kala who were enjoying keeping the costumes secret from their father.

Jason jumped up from his chair. "All done Mommy, can I go get ready now?"

"Me too." Kala chimed in quickly finishing her milk then joining Jason standing next to the table waiting for an OK to run up and change.

"Go on, we'll be up in a couple minutes."

"What about me, can I go get ready too, I'm done?"

"No Clark, you have to wait for me. Elina's not done yet."

"Why do I have the feeling I'm going to be really sorry I couldn't go with you and the kids to pick out the costumes?" Clark breathed out with a dramatically exaggerated sigh.

"Well, it'll teach you to let your six year old son make decisions on what you wear! Just think about what some of his favorite things are."

Clark's eyes got big, "You didn't let him pick that!? Wait, I thought Kala was going to help pick out the costumes?"

"Our sweet to a fault, like her father, daughter let her little brother pick."

"Oh." He sighed again fearing the worse. "I think maybe there's an emergency… someplace."

"Oh no you don't mister, if I have to wear what he picked for me, then you have to wear what he picked for you. It was your idea in the first place to let the kids choose. Besides you fly around everyday in that skin tight blue suit with women constantly ogling you. How bad could a Halloween costume our son picked out be?"

"But Lois, you know why I need to wear a skin tight suit. If it wasn't skin tight it would be shredded in no time and women are not constantly ogling me."

"Yes they are, but it's alright especially since I'm one of them." She chuckled.

"Well, I don't encourage anyone, anyone but you that is." He couldn't help smiling slyly.

Kissing Elina's head as the baby finished feeding Lois pulled herself back together and handed the half asleep infant to Clark. "Here take your daughter and put her in the bassinette while I retrieve our costumes and check on our other two kids."

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Rather than put Elina right into the bassinette he sat down in the rocking chair and quietly rocked her for several minutes as she fell into a deep sleep like only young babies seem able to enjoy. Besides enjoying the still new thrill of holding his baby it served to delay the inevitable costume reveal. He was already pretty sure just what Jason had chosen and he was dreading the party already. He couldn't help but wonder Who did family costume parties anymore anyway?

"Cccclaaaaarrrkkk, we're waiting for you." Lois called from their bedroom.

"Well Elina, I guess Daddy has gotta go and bite the bullet." He kissed Elina's cheek and placed the sleeping infant in her bassinette giving her one final kiss on her rosy little cheek before straightening up. "I'm coming, just making sure Elina is asleep first."

As Clark walked down the hall he could hear three heartbeats in their bedroom so he knew they were indeed all there just waiting for his reaction. Taking a deep breath and following his promise not to peek he entered the room and quickly bit his tongue so as not to visibly cringe at what he now knew for sure. He didn't want to let Jason know he was horrified at the prospect of wearing the costume the little boy had obviously so proudly picked out. Why had he not known this would happen? He should have known!

Lois had a floor length bathrobe wrapped around herself and was holding up a big box but he didn't need x-ray vision to know just what was inside the box. Two smaller boxes were on the bed the larger of them open, the smaller still closed and most likely contained a costume for Elina. Jason and Kala stood nearby with enormous smiles on their faces. That is Dash and Violet Parr stood nearby.

"Here's your costume Mr. Incredible." Lois choked back a laugh at the expression on her husband's face.

"But, I can't pull off a Mr. Incredible. He has a gigantic chest and belly. I…"

"Don't worry skinny, the suit comes with plenty of padding, just like the hips and bottom on mine." She opened her robe and let it fall to the floor. "Meet Elastigirl, your wife."

"Did Jason pick out Richard and Chloe's costume too?" He asked hopefully, swallowing hard.

"No, Richard knows better."

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This Halloween episode TBC - At the Party

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