Halloween 2013

Halloween 2013. I will forever remember this as the year of Charlie's first Halloween, the year Hank and I attempted to be paleontologists but kind of resembled Boy Scout leaders, when Henry kept saying "NO! I'm a scary DINOSAUR!" whenever someone noted what a cute dragon he was, and as the year he also threw a huge heap of dead leaves on top of Charlie while trick-or-treating. Fun for all! Really though, it was a great night but Hank and I kept joking, "so when do we get to have some fun?" That's the way it goes though, when you have 90 minutes of light before it gets dark and you're trying to rush around an almost-three-year old in a dinosaur costume alongside a baby past his bedtime, right?

As always Halloween in our town is insane and wonderful and really over the top. This year the leaves were a little weird though- many had already turned and fallen off, but some were still totally green so it wasn't quite as beautiful as years past (see them here and here), but nevertheless I was still filled with wonder seeing our everyday sights turned spooky for one evening.

We started trick-or-treating around 4pm and were done by 5:30, and Henry managed to get a ton of candy. We went with Veronica and her family, and our friend Jana and her family. Henry loved being able to be with his friends and kept saying "this is SO FUN!" with the biggest smile on his face the whole time. This was the first year he really got it, and it made my whole holiday to see what a great time he was having. Charlie of course slept through almost all of it. While we were out, my mind kept jumping to next year, and thinking about how crazy it will be that Charlie will be over a year old and Henry will be pushing four. Time sure flies.

I hope you had a happy, happy Halloween too. And if you don't celebrate it, I hope your October 31st was just as wonderful.