Halloween

Hi friends and family...I know its been a while. There's lots to report, but little time to do so these days!

One of my favorite holidays (third behind Cinco de Mayo and Christmas) just passed. Halloween was AWESOME this year. Our new neighbors and neighborhood helped make this the best Halloween yet (with the possible exception of the Halloween I met the hubby). We went through 5 bags of extra large candy and probably had close to 200 kids walk our path to chocolate goodness. There were some adorable costumes (with the exception of a fat kid dressed as a fat kid. Depricating or stupid? I couldn't decide.) The hubby and I alternated between taking the kids around the square to trick or treat and passing out candy. Since there are so many kids out, folks end up sitting outside rather than opening the door every 3.5 seconds. One guy even pimped it out by setting up a firepit to keep warm. IA and WA had a blast! IA dressed up as a pumpkin..cute little redhead in a large orange ball. WA was an astronaut. We bundled them up, because it was chilly, but I'm sure the adrenaline alone kept them warm. Many of the houses in our neighborhood were decorated with flair adding to the experience. We did our best, considering we had limited decorations in CT.

Last night the hubby asked when we planned on taking down the Halloween decorations to put up the Thanksgiving ones. I looked at him, like he was crazy, and told him that Thanksgiving is the breath between Halloween and Christmas! We do, however, need to get our Christmas decoration strategy worked out. I may have to get my cousin to make one of her famous 3D models with accompanying color coded organization binders. I kid you not:).