Halloween

Zoe had asked me if it was Halloween every day for the last month, perhaps month and a half. Then the day finally came, she was so excited. If anyone asked her what she was going to be, she'd say a fairy...but it was decided early that we'd do a theme of Alice in Wonderland. Zoe was a lovely Alice, Finn was the White Rabbit, Mom the Queen of Hearts and Bruce was the Queen's Consort, the Naive of Hearts (hopefully I spelled that right).. Bruce was supposed to be the Mad Hatter, but changed at the last moment.

We spent a lot of time getting ready... Mom trying to set up the timer with her new camera and tripod.. we got a family picture!!!

Then at 6pm we went to Emily's house for dinner (we made enchiladas), kids ate before we left because I knew they wouldn't settle down once we got there. Then we went Trick-or-treating. The girls were slow to catch on... enjoying just holding hands and being together (they don't go to the same school anymore). They were so cute together... finally after about 4 houses, they worried less about where we were and were just off at their own speed (still kind of moseying). We went two blocks down, and then back up... the weather was ideal... crisp, but not too cold.... and dry! At the top of the hill (3 houses shy of our end goal), Zoe declared she had enough candy (her bag was getting heavy), but it was a bit less than last year (when it was much colder). In the end, both kids candy added up to about 1 gallon zip-lock full. We stayed busy enough we didn't even do our neighborhood. When we were on our way home, Zoe said, "I want to go lay down on my bed and have a little rest".. she was exhausted and easily asleep by 9. (1 hour later than her usual bedtime)