In case you can’t tell from the picture above, we had fun on this last Halloween.  Yes, the kids had fun, but I think the grandparents had the most fun.  Grandma and Grandpa surprised us all with their detailed Mary Poppins and Bert costumes and stole the show.  Clare especially loved it.  

Of course the little kids had fun too.  Clare was Elsa, wearing her custom-made-by-Grandma-T dress.  Sammy had a few costume changes over the fall, but we settled on a zebra costume.  We joined the neighborhood crew, more than 25 of us, for a quick dinner and Halloween celebration.  I didn’t get any good group pictures because as the adults were chatting and eating, the kids started to mutiny and threatened to leave to go trick-or-treating on their own.  We had to hurry out the door and missed a good group photo shoot.  Oh well – next year. 

 

Trick or treating was a hoot with the kids this year.  Clare and her friend C, both dressed as princesses, set an aggressive pace.  G, dressed as a chameleon/lizard, raced to keep up.  Princess Maddy and Sam stayed back with Grandma and Grandpa.  For the first few blocks we tried to keep our two factions together, but eventually the princesses charged ahead (fortunately with a parent) and took a wrong turn.  We all ended up at home that evening, with stories to tell and candy to gorge on.