Halloween

Halloween is a big night in our neighborhood. Here is the house, waiting for 15 seventh-graders to come over for the parade and trick-or-treating. This year we included boys on the guest list, first time ever.


Here are the crew. A few of them arrived after this picture due to football practice.









The local hot dog man brings his cart for neighbors to grab a protein bite before all the candy. He racks up! Here he is at 5:15. We passed him while trick-or-treating at 7:15 and there was still a line waiting for dogs.





I am not sure why the police are so good to us. This year not one, but TWO cars came, one to lead the parade and one to follow. The police were all smiles. They watched the costume contest and even clapped for the winners.





This shot shows a little of the crowd during the contest. The fellow leaning over with his arm out was the MC. He is a judge in the real courts. The 2 adults in right corner were the contest judges, in robes. The taller fellow is a real judge, too.













This is one of our sweet little neighbors. I emailed his mom the picture; thought she would like to have a copy printed.
















This is one of Little One's bfs. She was a tree. She won first place! In fact, our crew of seventh graders did well: they won 4 of the costume prizes! Not sure if you can see, but there was a bird nest on her shoulder, complete with bird and eggs. Also note the roots on her feet.



The kids began arriving at our house at 4:30 and the last one left at 8:45. We were pooped but happy. When I dropped LO off at school this morning, she said, "You know, Nana, it was the party of the year."







Suddenly I wasn't so tired.