Happy Halloween

It was a Happy Halloween indeed. First off, trick-or-treating at Dad's work. The candy was even more dense than at a trunk-or-treat. Nearly every cubicle had something to offer.

At the church Halloween party, Tinker Bell had fun popping balloons and winning a whistle (which was only removed when a sucker could replace it).Our cowboy favored shooting darts at a Haunted House.
Both were huge fans of the cupcake walk. Though Tinker Bell won several times, we held her to only one, vanilla cupcake. I learned at our playgroup Halloween potluck that chocolate & green tutus just don't mix.Trunk-or-treating was fun as always. We were spoiled to have Grandma & Grandpa Couch join us for the event, dressed as a Queen & King. Matt & I were Captain 5k & Miss Marathon, superheroes we'd created for a previous work party. (Yes . . . this is me taking a picture of a picture just like last Halloween. Still haven't gotten the scanner fixed. Danny's face is precious in this one. He's got that stern cowboy look down.)
On Halloween we enjoyed a cool night. We had to layer up underneath the costumes. Our new neighborhood doesn't have a lot of kids, so our new neighbors were thrilled to have some trick-or-treaters. We felt it our neighborly duty to go to as many of these neglected houses as we could (until fingers were numb & toes tired). They were generous with their candy, and even though we left a candy bowl out on a porch while we went around, by 10 at night when I picked it up, there was still candy left.
We'd carved the pumpkins earlier at Danny's preschool party. Danny is holding his pirate pumpkin's eyepatch, and Matt carved the skeleton. We also enjoyed our traditional spooky Halloween menus for several meals. This years features were Witch's Brew (black Kool-Aid), Bones & Blood (bone shaped breadsticks with marinara), Goblin Goulash served over Maggots (Alfredo casserole served over rice), Peeling Ogre Skin with Fungi & Lizard Tongues (salad with mushrooms & bacon bits), and Dirt (pudding with cookies & worms). We also had Mummies (sausage wrapped in biscuit dough) for breakfast with Jack-O-Lantern Juice (OJ in clear cups with jack-o-lantern faces), Oozing Eyeballs (fried eggs), and Blind Mice (Strawberry mice with no eyes or tails). I didn't take pictures, but we had fun sharing the Halloween Meals with our good friends the Hendricks & Mom & Dad.

How I love Halloween!!!
(And, lest you think I'm a neglectful mother that lets her child relish in all her candy goodness without wiping her nose, let it be known that it is merely sparkly fairy dust.)
(OK. I lied. It's a runny, snotty, nose. Hey . . . even fairies get a runny nose in the cold.)