Halloween

What a great day! The weather was fabulous. (Earlier in the week it had snowed, so we were worried.) R. took half the day off. E.R. had a school party and costume parade. We carved pumpkins and ate scones for dinner. Then came, of course, trick or treating.

The kids were just as excited to hand candy out at our door as they were to go out themselves. At the first doorbell E.R. exclaimed, "It's our first customer!"

We live on a small, secluded street and one might think it's not so great for trick or treating. On the contrary, the kids were given fistfuls of candy. After just a few houses their bags were full and we could call it a night. A.M. scored most of all. Her skunk costume was a HUGE hit. She really was cute. And E.R. made a great Optimus Prime. There was even a classmate dressed up as Bumblebee.

The only crisis of the night--one petrified 5-year-old after going through the haunted house at the ward party.