Halloween Fun

Down, but not out...there's still more candy to find!

On our way!

Emily with "boyfriend" Kangaroo Spencer!

Can't open the candy fast enough!

Who's this cool chick?

Not so excited about this costume!

We had a fabulous time trick-or-treating this year! Em started her day by wearing her costume to her baby-sitter's house. They had a Halloween party. That afternoon, KK, Gramps, and Grams all came over fo rthe special occassion to go with Emily.

I will say that her costume was adorable...she was Pebbles. Grams came over last weekend and helped me sew it (with my real sewing machine that had never been taken out of the box-3 years later!). I think I was more excited than anyone. Of couse, Emily wanted none of this costume. But, the reward of candy and getting to say "hi" to all of the other trick-or-treaters made it all better.

We only ended up going to about 7 houses, but Em walked the whole way (holding on to our hands), which was HUGE! She was in bed by 7:30, but the rest of us stayed up to hand out candy and eat take-out. Yay for grown-ups. Plus, the house next door always hosts a haunted house in their garage for the neighborhood kids. It's pretty darn impressive. Needless to say, our little street was trick-or-treating Mecca until pretty late.

What always gets me so excited about Halloween (besides the obvious fun) is that it means that the official start to the holiday season is here. I absolutely love Thanksgiving and Christmas. The countdown begins...