Halloween

There is no other beloved holiday like Halloween to my kids. Our day started off with a trip to a local winery's fall festival. There we did a wine tasting and the kids rode ponies, had their faces painted, and played in the moonbounce. It was great fun until the attack of the yellow jackets, which sent us running to our car.











From there we went up to Grandma and Grandpa's, who live in a neighborhood where they routinely give out full-size chocolate bars.



The group gathers before trick or treating. We had a zombie of some sort, a snowflake fairy, a witch, and a bedraggled fairy. Note to self: Work more on the costumes next year. This year was pretty pathetic, except for the witch costume, which Grandma had made for Grace when she was four. That was still beautiful.







Grandpa was very excited to be going as well...I think he likes it as much as the kids do.





On their way trick-or-treating.

I told Christopher he only had a year or two left to trick or treat, and he looked absolutely stricken.

I stayed and handed out the paltry one candy piece to each trick or treater. My mom assured me that they rarely had anyone, but we ended up almost running out of candy. Note to self: Bring 2 extra bags of candy next year.