Halloween and Roller Skates

Halloween happened. Photos were taken, candy was hoarded... but most importantly, we introduced the children to The Goonies on Halloween night. We rented it from a service called VidAngel, which will bleep out any bad words. Let's just say that about 1/3 of the movie was silent. Aaahh, the 80's.

We let the kids eat all the candy they wanted the day after Halloween. They ate it for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. After that day, all the leftover candy was surrendered to us, and we distribute it as we see fit. There is still so much left, and it's probably going in the trash before we move. There are no more Reese's, so what's the point?

Green morph suit man,  Mummy, Ghost Chef , Elsa

Ava started freaking out as soon as we started trick-or-treating. All the kids went with friends this year, and I think that threw her off. She was completely hysterical, took off her Elsa dress and refused to go beg for candy. She was content to hand out candy/eat it directly from our bowl.

Poor children, whose mother kept putting off getting pumpkins until it was too late. We had to get watermelons to carve instead, which incidentally, are WAY EASIER THAN PUMPKINS. And they don't smell like death. And you can eat them right away. I believe we've got ourselves a new tradition. Who knew you could get yummy watermelons on October 31?

Day after Halloween: Aani falls asleep wearing roller skates. She had been saving her money for months to buy these babies, and finally had enough. She has been wearing them everywhere like they're shoes. 

It was a happy Halloween in Harvest Hills! We're going to miss this place like CA-RAAAHHH-ZZAAHH!