Trick or Treat

Tonight was trick or treat. It was postponed a couple of nights because of the hurricane. I love Halloween. We go trick or treating at Vista Circle. We park right in the beginning and then walk the huge looping neighborhoods. Henry told me that one of his favorite parts is the view. At one point, near the end of the circle, there is a great view, over the valley. All of the houses on the other side are lit up... it is really nice. I like it too.

I think that Charles Schultz really captured something of the spirit of Halloween in his classic, "Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown." There is something so warming about being out at night and seeing those groups of kids walking around in costume.

Henry was a jellyfish this year. His costume was a hit, and it got better as the night grew darker. (It also grew more difficult to take a decent picture of him.) I am kind of proud of making the thing. It glows blue, from about 2o glow sticks all stuck up around it. Even the halter thing I had to make took a significant amount of thinking. ( my camera strap, bag and couple of Henry's belts, coupled with a couple bar-locks.) Nora was Tinkerbell. She put up a little fight about wearing winter clothes under her outfit (Lets all hope this is not a foreshadowing of what is to come.) I had to work on her costume a bit too... just to shore up her wings a bit from drooping. She was so brave. So into the candy! It's funny the roles that they are taking on now. Henry relies on her now without even really realizing it. She is the one to ring the doorbells. He gladly walks behind her as she chooses the house to go up to....different roles.

Both kids raked in a lot of candy! We took it all out and put it into groups (one of my favorite things to do when I was a kid). They were pretty happy with their take.