Halloween

We had many opportunities for costume wearing and candy gathering this year.  We went to the Halloween parade in Asbury, the kids had their Halloween parade at school, Johanna attended a book reading at Inspire Cafe (and got her face painted as a tiger again of course), we went Trick-or-Treating at Sam's Club (and got more fun sized Snickers than we could count), and of course, actually Trick-or-Treating on Halloween night.

(Walter is the last kid in line right before the teacher)

Walter refused to put on this costume for Halloween night.  He did walk along with us but we immediately eat the candy that he received and then not "trick-or-treat" until he needed another piece to eat.  Both kids walked through our little neighborhood which was fun to see and chat with the neighbors.  Then we dropped off Walter to hand out candy with Tony while Michelle and Johanna braved the Grandview Trick-or-Treating crowd.  Once we started going with the flow of traffic, it wasn't too bad.  Johanna actually stayed out for the entire two hours but was definitely ready to be done at the end (asking to be carried) but she made it all the way home with her own two feet.

Johanna and Tony also carved a couple of pumpkins.  One of Vampirinia (Disney character) and the other a traditional jack-o-lantern.