Halloween Weekend

We had an awesome Halloween weekend. The festivities began on Friday when Owl Girl had to keep her preschool safe from crime, and also party with some other four-year-olds. There was also a parade that was as adorable as you'd expect a dozen costumed four-year-olds to be.



Maddy's third grade had a party as well. (She was Willy Wonka again for this event.)



On Friday night, we met some friends for trick-or-treating at Winthrop Center.





On Saturday, we rested up during the day for the main event and went out as soon as it got dark.





A lot of the houses in our neighborhood went all out with their decorations. I'm actually kind of glad that Halloween is over, with Audrey's overactive imagination keeping her up at night!



After we collected the requisite ten pounds of candy per child we went home for some Chinese food and a viewing of Young Frankenstein. It wasn't one of our more appropriate parenting decisions, but it seems to have struck a chord with the kids. Spinning bookcase and Frau Blücher jokes are still pretty rampant in our house. And I knew there would be trouble when Audrey asked me to spell "Freshly Dead" so that she could scare her sister.



It was a great Halloween!