November 1, 2009

Halloween 2009

Since Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, we got an earlier start. My parents had come into town to have the kids "Trick or Treat" at their hotel room. They decorated their door and room and had a "jewel and doubloon" trail leading to their door from the elevator. We met up with my brother, his wife and my niece in the lobby and made our way up. As the kids knocked on the door (adorned with the treasure chest), they heard the growly greeting of a pirate and gypsy on the other side. They thought this was so funny! We went into their rooms and exchanged goodies. The kids played a little with their treats, we took some pictures then headed back to our place for some pizza before we went out into the neighborhood.

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After pizza, we walked to our good friends and neighbors' house and took some pictures of all the kiddos, then headed down the street as the kids began to go house to house. The weather was perfect. A slight coolness but very mild and a very gentle breeze. It felt enough like fall, but without having to wear jackets. The kids had a blast. This year, we went a bit farther into the neighborhood. We saw lots of great decorations. One house even had a decorated entrance into their backyard, where they went to get their treats! After about an hour, we got back home and the kids enjoyed some time with their grandparents before heading to bed.

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It was a fun night of spooky fun! How was yours?

15 comments:

Just Jennifer said...

Heh cool :D

Meg said...

Stopping in from SITS!

Sounds you guys had a great Halloween! I love the collage!

Dawn said...

Sounds like a fun Halloween!! I love what your parents did-how cool-the kids will remember that forever!

Stopping by from SITS to say hi!!

jen@odbt said...

Love that your parents get into Halloween too! We're in a sugar coma here. Trying to get motivation to blog and post pics. Maybe one more chocolate bar will help ;)

Jen said...

Looks like you guys had a fabulous time!

Lindsay said...

SO cute!! And how cool that they get to trick or treat with their gma and gpa!!

Suzi said...

Looks like a great Halloween! Visiting from SITS. Come on over to The Apron Goddesses for the current apron giveaway.

The Buntens said...

Very cool! How do you do that with your pictures???

Loved having Halloween on a Saturday.

Such The Spot said...

You guys are so cute. And your mom is fabulous...love the trail of goodies idea.

Cathy said...

All three kids are so adorable in their costumes and so were the gypsy and pirate!

Stef @ Mommy Musings said...

Looks like a fun Halloween! Love your little Alice and your shirt. I always see them at Disney for Halloween and never think to buy one.

2 Little Irish Boys said...

I love Halloween! We had such a memorable October.
I love all your pictures. Don't ya just love collages---it makes it so much easier to get all the pics you love in instead of chosing just a couple.
Beautiful!!

PJ said...

Hey Allisoan! Looks like y'all had a Halloween Blast! Looks like Max is feeling a lot better too. Glad he was well by Halloween! I think when you're sick over a holiday it makes it seem so much worse.

PJ

Anonymous said...

What a fun loving group you have there!

Stopping by from the SITS Halloween Parade :o)

Musings of a Housewife said...

Your parents sound like so much fun!!! Sounds like a great Halloween.