Halloween Recap

Here I am with A in her classroom on Halloween.  As school photographer and yearbook creator, I was dashing in and out of classrooms all afternoon making sure the festivities were captured for the yearbook.
In the afternoon we went to a little shopping area for trick or treating, as we've done every year.  At the last minute K decided to wear her monkey costume from last year, and A was Anne of Green Gables.
We ran into some neighbors there  -- little bloodsuckers they were.

We met this darling little witch at the yarn store.  Don't you just love the pacifier in her mouth?
Many of the little shops had gone out of business, including the candy store, the children's book shop, and some other boutiques.  It's really sad to see the little family businesses folding as the economy sours.
We went home for a quick dinner, heavy on the vegetables, and then headed out to trick-or-treat the neighborhood on our way to the church carnival.  As usual, it took us well over an hour to visit about 10 houses because we stop and chat with each family.
By the time we got to the carnival they were closing up for the night.  The girls were able to play a few games, and then the church volunteers literally dumped their remaining buckets of candy on us as we left.  It took us 2 days to sort through it all, and of course we had to throw a lot of it away because A couldn't eat the sticky stuff with her braces, and I don't allow the girls to have hard candy since they're non-stop talkers and I'm afraid they'll choke.   Mommy got all the dark chocolate (not much), Daddy got the Milk Duds and Whoppers, and Grammy got all the peanut butter chocolates.  Needless to say, it was a sweet Halloween.

Oh, and here's a pic of my hubby and me at the awesome Halloween party.  I was taking a shower, and Joe the Plumber was there to adjust my water pressure.  We won first prize in the costume contest.

Comments

[Marcie L]

Love, love, love your costumes!!! How clever! Wanted to say also that I really enjoyed your lengthy post the other day about the commune where your dad lived. I live in the midwest and had never heard of that. I found the whole thing fascinating. Thanks for your blog, I always enjoy reading it.