Halloween

Our first Halloween in our new neighborhood was truly our dream come true. The kids trick-or-treated in our neighborhood, where virtually all the houses had their lights on ready to give out candy. We probably had about 50 kids come to our house (this is a huge improvement over our last house, where we'd have one or two teenagers or no one at all). I just loved walking with the kids and having groups of other little kids overtake us, everyone talking happily and running to front doors for candy.

Mom and Tom came for dinner and to trick or treat with the kids.

Oh, glory days.

Ready to trick-or-treat!

The kids are often competitive, but this night, Andy walked to every single door and then waited patiently for Sylvia so that she could ring the door bell.

Mmmmmmmmm

We all enjoyed the kids' haul. In later years, I'm sure they won't be quite so generous about sharing it with us grown-ups. But for now, we dove in like kids ourselves!

Notice the four different pieces of candy she's holding.