Halloween Treats

Another Halloween has come and gone! While we enjoy the last of our candy (all the chocolate is gone and we are sifting through Tootsie Rolls and sugary stuff), please enjoy the following visual treats.

Here are the boys getting ready to head out for Trick or Treat fun. We went trick or treating in one of Marc's colleague's neighborhoods with her children. The air was crisp and chilly and the kids crunched fallen leaves as we walked along winding roads. The trees made spooky outlines against the fading light in the evening sky as we climbed long, dark, driveways up to jack-o-lantern lit front doors. It was perfect!

Kyle decided to reprise his 2008 costume and dressed up as Indiana Jones. You would think that I'd been happy about a repeat costume choice, but we had gotten rid of the jacket and had to scramble to find a new one. But the Goodwill gods provided and I had one happy little boy.

We thought of dressing Sean up as one of the Kobra Kai Skeletons (remember "The Karate Kid"?) but even with the face paint, Sean was more of a cute skeleton than a scary one. Here he is trying to get some last minute inspiration for his costume.

The boys had a lot of fun on Halloween night. At first Sean just wanted to eat each piece as he received it, but after three or four houses he caught on and would shove his way up to the front of the pack of kids to get first pick at the candy bowl. Here he is with his haul and his mouth full of candy!

Not to be left out of the fun, I also dressed up this year.

Here I am as Lady Gaga from the beginning of her "Telephone" video. With so many different looks to choose from and so many great costumes, I was ultimately swayed by the coke can rollers and Gaga's look that reminded me of Madonna's Desperately Seeking Susan days.

Scary!

I went to a few places to find an actual pay phone for this picture, but it appears that they are extinct. So this cigarette poster and the seedy, gas-station fluorescent lighting will have to do.

I hope you all had just as much fun as we did this year!