Halloween

On Saturday we had our neighborhood Trick or Treat.  Our neighborhood goes all out for Halloween.  There's registration (so you know about how many kids to expect and therefore how much candy to have), glow devices for those that register (so you know who registered and they serve a handy purpose as it gets darker), we have cops come and supervise--both on foot and horseback, and the streets get blocked off.  It's really a great time.  It's the fourth time we've participated in any fashion and it's always a blast.

This year we were a little worried that it'd get rained out (and if it had then we just would've had friends come over for chili and hanging out) but the weather was great!  It was a little cool but not too bad considering that on Monday we had some snow (but not a lot).  Timmy only had on a long-sleeve shirt and a light coat under his costume.  He was one of the only clowns that I saw.  The kids in our neighborhood are always so creative with their costumes and this year was no different.  We saw a few Iron Man costumes and Stormtroopers which made all the guys happy.  

I did a test run of Trick or Treating down our block with our friends Scott and Lisa and their little boy Jacob.  It went well with both kids but we still decided to stop at home to eat (none of us had eaten before hand) and then headed out for another round of Trick or Treating.  Our friends were pretty cool with staying behind at our house (although they were certainly welcome to join us) while Erik, Timmy, Paul, Katie, Scott, Lisa, Jacob and I went Trick or Treating.  We had a really great time with everyone and I'm glad that people were able to stick around after Trick or Treating to hang out too.  We generally don't get to see our friends that often and they don't really see each other too much either so it was nice for everyone to be able to hang out and talk.

I hope it's not so long before we can see everyone again!  For more pictures click here