Halloween

Halloween was a very fun celebration yesterday. I always really love Halloween, but when you mix Halloween with babies in costumes, that's just bliss. Our older kids were with their mom (actually, they were each at Halloween parties), so we had a party here for the babies and adults who wanted a mellower Halloween. I figured that since Ali was too young to trick-or-treat, we would hang out here, pass out candy to our many, many trick-or-treaters (that institution is still very much alive and well in this neighborhood), have dinner, and enjoy the spirit of the holiday together. We had about 18 people (including kids) and it was lots of fun. P. and I bought about 6 bags of candy and others brought 4-5 bags too. I was stupidly afraid that we would have too much candy left over, but with the exception of three little pieces everything was handed out!

After a good dinner and some great conversation, we played a rousing game of Cranium. Peter and Henry were a dream team, but it was a tight game. They beat us by only one question. It was a great night.