Halloween 2017

We were blessed with picture perfect weather for Halloween this year.  It was warm enough so that we didn’t need jackets, but there was enough of a chill in the air to let us know that it is, in fact, fall. 

This year we had a Voltron (a Netflix original superhero show) and a Tinkerbell in tow and a good time was had by all.  My parents came over to hand out candy at our house while we trick-or-treated, and my father-in-law came over to walk around with us. 

All of the grandparents came bearing Halloween goody bags, of course, and the kids were thrilled about their coloring books and glow sticks and fancy Halloween cups from Grandpa and Pop and Cokie.

We set out a little after six and we trick-or-treated at more houses than we ever have before.  It seems like we expand a little more each year as our kiddos get older.  

We were back by dusk and we let the kids dig right into their candy buckets right there in the front yard while we sat around with the grandparents a little bit longer handing out candy. 

Trick-or-treating ended at 8 in our city (they usually post a city-wide time frame) and we ended up having zero trick-or-treaters after 8 which is pretty unusual… we typically have a few stragglers each year.  While we had a lot this year, I don’t think there were quite as many as last year and we even had candy leftover to prove it.

Once we were settled in for the evening, we turned on It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown as we always do on Halloween night, and we snuggled on the couch for a bit before the kiddos went to bed.  Halloween has always been a special night where the kids get to stay up later than usual, and even though we pay for it the next day, it’s worth it for the memory-making alone.

Before the at-home festivities took place, Jacob had a class party complete snacks, cookie-decorating, and craft-making and the whole class wore their costumes all day.  So fun!

Until next year!

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