Halloween 2014

It was a very cold (it actually SNOWED!!) and windy Halloween...but our two little kids sure had a great time!

After Daniel's parade this morning, we came home for lunch and spent the afternoon enduring the torturous wait for trick-or-treating time to begin! Well, it was not actually torturous, but the kids did only ask if it was time about every two minutes...long afternoon! Thanks to Grandma Cheryl for the new Halloween Tom & Jerry DVD, we kept busy for a while watching that, along with doing some new Halloween sticker books Ben and I gave them. The kids drew pictures, we played games (that new trick-or-treat game!), got the candy ready for trick-or-treaters, the kids sang songs, and we generally tried to keep busy and pass the time quickly.

Finally, our friends Delilah and Asher, their mom and dad and baby Ansel arrived to go trick-or-treating with us. We snapped some group pictures, bundled up very well either with layers or winter coats and hats and gloves and scarves and you name it we had it on!, and off we went for a very cold hour of trick-or-treating. The kids had fun and the cold didn't seem to faze them one bit! We made it all the way around our L-shaped block. The kids were pretty happy with the loot they scored!

We didn't have that many trick-or-treaters at our house this year at all (maybe two dozen), probably because it was so cold out. I never once saw a Frozen movie princess...thank goodness! But we also didn't have any little kids really- they were mostly older kids. I was bummed- I love the little ones! I don't blame them, though- it really was so cold and so windy, my cheeks were numb when we were out there! Still, we all survived and had a great Halloween night! Annabel is already making plans for her costume for next year...

Those flecks you see...that would be SNOW at 8 AM this morning! Grrr!

Annabel's latest song on video for you- Head Shoulders Knees and Toes!

Daniel happily posed with his pumpkin! Annabel was too cold.

My cute family!

Silly Annabel!

Oh- and she LOVES this hand-me-down hat from her friend Delilah!

Daniel and the shirt (and the guy in the shirt) that started it all!

No Ghosts Allowed!

Waiting at the window for Delilah and Asher to arrive!

Singing songs and spelling while they wait- got a video for you!

The "yellow" song they are singing is from a color song CD from my teaching days- they love this CD and listen to it often, of their own accord, too!

Group photo ops!

Daniel and silly Annabel!

Scary face Annabel!

The two little witches!

Let's get this party started!

Annabel was "degsausted" (exhausted)- yes, her word- by the end, but she didn't want to miss a thing!

The kids LOVED handing out candy when our doorbell rang...especially by the end when I had them handing out big handfuls of candy (I may have bought too much!)!

Checking out the loot! Annabel was tickled by this eyeball candy! And Daniel was too quick for me- he'd counted out all his candy and put it away by the time I got all unbundled!