Halloween

We had a smaller group this year for our Trick-or-Treat party, but it was still fun. Parker is dressed as Mario.

The weather was nice but I wondered if the fact that it was Sunday night might deter some folks from coming out. NO! I have a cauldron for the candy I give out.

I couldn't keep Goldie out of the picture but then thought it would be good to have her in it for scale. As you can see, it is a pretty big cauldron. It was about half full of candy when the night began and I ran out at 7:45 pm. I give one piece of candy to each kid so I figure we had about 400 kids come by last night.

Parker and Tony decorated their Haunted Gingerbread Houses over the weekend. Here is Parker's house.

And Tony's house.

A big thank you to James for sending us the gingerbread house pieces and candy to decorate them with. We really enjoy getting the kit each year and they smell wonderful!

I have lots to share with you from my weekend retreat but I'll spread that out over the next few days.

Happy Halloween!

We had a great group for our annual trick or treat party. And my camera arrived this afternoon!!! It takes great pictures just on Auto. It arrived after lunch and I was so busy preparing for the party and our haunted gingerbread house decorating that I haven't had much time to play with it on other settings.

My haunted gingerbread house.

Parker and his jack-o-lantern. We carved it on Tuesday afternoon. He has slept with it in his room every night since and it sat on the toilet to watch him take a bath!