Happy Halloween!!!

We certainly had a fun-filled Halloween. We started celebrating on Thursday with Jeff's preschool party and continued all day on Friday. Friday morning Jeff and I headed to the gym which was totally decked out with Halloween stuff and everyone there was in costume. Erin had her school party Friday and wore her Halloween shirt from Grandma (they weren't allowed to wear costumes).

When Erin got home, we took a few sunshiny pictures with their jack-o-lanterns. Then we piled everything and everyone into the car and headed in to town to trick-or-treat on the Lawn. Now this is more than a big deal. This is a huge deal. Generally there are several thousand people on the Lawn. Since the week had been so cold and dreary and Friday was finally a gorgeous and warmer day I decided we'd brave the crowds and head into town. The plan was meet up with Aunt Margaret, Uncle John and Baby JB3, hang out on the Lawn for an hour or so and then meet daddy for dinner.

I quickly realized that wasn't going to happen. We were a little late getting set off to the Lawn. By the time we were about 2-3 miles away it became apparent that the Lawn was going to be packed. It took us 45 minutes to travel those 3 miles. But we held out, found a spot in the parking garage and wandered over to meet with our friends. As I expected it was quite crowded with adorably clad individuals and hundreds of college students ready to supply my kiddos with endless supplies of sugar. Aside from a slight trample incident as Jeffrey was trying to get to Mr. Incredible we had a good time.

As I headed to the garage we called Daddy and made plans for dinner. Once we arrived at the garage I knew that was out the window. The line to get out of the garage reached all the way to the top floor. 45 minutes later (and 2 screaming children calling me mean mommy) we made our way through the gate of the parking garage. We headed straight to our friends to meet up for some trick-or-treating.

The trick-or-treating was a blast. The adults put together the "wine wagon" (come on we got to have some fun too) and the kids ran from house to house. Our friend's son was the leader of the pack taking us all around the neighborhood. The kids literally ran from house to house with their candy buckets. For Erin the big deal wasn't really the candy, but more the ringing of the doorbell. She was obsessed with the doorbells. Mr. Jonathan led us around the neighborhood for about 2 hours. By the end, the kids buckets were overflowing with candy and in the "wine wagon". Not only were the buckets in the wagon.....Jeffrey was in the wagon. He was completely exhausted. Not even interested in going to doors any more. Luckily most of the wine had been consumed (4 adults - 2 hours....)

I don't think the kids have ever seen so much candy in one place. They're totally overwhelmed with it. At least there's enough extra that mommy and daddy can steal a piece or two or five and not have it noticed. So we had a busy day but a super fun one.

Happy Halloween every one!!!