Happy Halloween!

We had a fabulous Halloween! The weather was absolutely perfect! There was no wind or rain, like I remember having previous Halloweens. The kids were so excited and started calling Dan at work at 4:00, asking him when he was coming home to take them trick-or-treating. He just kept telling them, "when it is dark". Some neighbors down the street were having a big party with lots of yummy food, so Spencer headed down early. As soon as Dan's truck turned the corner and onto our street, the girls were outside with trick-or-treating bags in hand. We met Chloe (Jennifer) Lee and her daughter Camile and started down the street knocking on doors. Spencer really wanted to go with his friends trick-or-treating, which shocked me completely. Isn't he way too young to want to leave his mommy and go out with friends? Dan and I felt it was OK and so off he went without his parents for the first time! He was actually with the "neighborhood group" which included lots of parents, just a half a block away...don't worry mom! The neighborhood was packed, which made it so much more fun! Yeah, for kids in the neighborhood again...right? For those who don't know, we are living in my parent's house and so in the same neighborhood I grew up in. We had tons a kids in the neighborhood back then, but according to my parents, it has been pretty dead in the most recent years. Well, it is pretty alive again! The kids had a blast running into all their friends from school. Spencer even went inside the "neighborhood haunted house." See, Spencer is such a scarty cat! Dan said, "he would have never done that if he was with us." I guess he had to be tough because he was with his friends. Again, yeah for friends! So, these are their costumes. Spencer was way too cool to totally dress up as something this year. I tell you, he is growing up way too fast! So, he went as a skater! Notice the "grind marks on the back of his skateboard? Yah, I will blog about that tomorrow when I am not so tired. The girls were very excited about their costumes. Melanie was Sharpay and Chelsea was Gabriella from High School Musical. Melanie got accused of being Hannah Montana and one lady thought she was Brittany Spears. OK, who would ever dress up as Brittany Spears? Wouldn't she have a shaved head, on drugs and pregnant or something? Silly lady! They were so cute!

Some of Spencer's gang! "The Fallbrook Boys"