Halloween 2012

I finally have a few spare minutes to sit down and update my neglected blog.  First up...Halloween.  Better late than never, right?!  Halloween was a blast again this year.  I think it must just get better as kids get older.  The daycare did their Halloween parade through the building.  Ten pounds of candy later, we headed home for wandering the neighborhood to gather at least ten more! 
We had our annual pumpkin carving party/BBQ the weekend before Halloween and it was a success.  We lucked out and had perfect weather and tons of friends showed up to play.  Unfortunately, I was busy and socializing and bit frazzled and thus didn't get a single picture from that day.  We made sure to have our own family night of carving when things were a bit less crazy.  It was scary to entrust a 5 year old with the knife, but he did great!

First year with knife privileges

Miles' first pumpkin!

Parade stash on a windy afternoon

Getting amped for the parade and ready to dust me with her wand

Last year Spiderman was the costume of choice for half the boys in his class.  This year...ninjas!

Folks in our new neighborhood don't mess around.  Check out that collection of full size candy bars! 

We embellished the street sign by our driveway a bit. Mostly it just made me miss Bella every time I saw it.  RIP baby girl.