Happy Halloween!

About two weeks ago signs started showing up on the walls of our house, warning us of potential destruction:

Of the upcoming holiday...

With instructions about how to eat the candy on the front hall table (which Hannah decided she MUST eat):

Signs warning of dangerous birds...

And even a sign about what to say during this most sweet season. The signs were Hannah's way of decorating our house. She usually leaves me notes all over the house, but this time she decided to celebrate Halloween. So, we've been celebrating for a few weeks now. However TODAY was the big day!

After a crazy, snowy weekend, the girls school (which doesn't have electricity, but does have a generator) had a two-hour delayed opening, which (praise the Lord) did NOT interfere with the Halloween party or parade. Here's Lizzie, a Vampire Bride at the parade. She's actually yelling at me because I put a huge spider in her lunchbox today, which scared her when she opened it. I guess she takes after her Aunt Beanie that way:

And here is Hannah in fully Cleopatra garb. I promise you she was very happy at the parade, but this was the best smile I got. Probably because there is a werewolf right behind her...

Dinner before trick-or-treating was Mummy Dogs, bone chips with goblin guts and bat juice (not pictured) Oh, and the spider made another appearance at dinner.

Then it was time for the MAIN EVENT. Here they all are getting ready to go out on the road. Doesn't Cash look handsome in his Halloween sweater? You can't see it here, but he's also wearing a collar with skulls and bells on it.

Walk like an Egyptian and sneer like a Vampire Bride:

Is anyone else worried for me when this child enters her 30s and is allowed to date?

Luckily I will have the Vampire Bride enforcer to take care of things...

And they're off for the evening. They got a lot of loot and WE actually got two trick or treaters this year. YAY. We moved into our house four years ago today and we've never had any trick or treaters so it was, well, a treat to see two little kids (Lizzie's piano teacher's children) stop by. We hope you had a nice Halloween, too.