Halloween Fun

Yesterday was one long day of costumes and sweets. In the morning, Andrew had a Halloween parade at his daycare. Every year, all the kids walk to the eagle in front of the VA Hospital and the doctors and nurses come out to watch. The police even escort the kids. Even though we have been there 6 years, this was the first year I got to see the parade and Vic came as well. It was a little wet, but the rain held off long enough for all the kids to walk to the eagle and back without getting wet. Here is Andrew Superman with his best friend Colin. They were very cute holding hands during the parade.
In the afternoon, Gina's school had her Halloween carnival. Because of the rain earlier in the day, all the activities were in each classroom instead of outside but they still had the parade out on the blacktop. Below is Gina's class. Gina and her friend Noya were both Supergirl. Usually the parade consists of the principle called out " All Superheroes" and all the superheroes run around on the field. This year they didn't have the microphone set up so each grade paraded around the circle. It was still fun.

Then at night it was time for trick or treating! The two superheroes and the baseball player were ready to go. Dylan followed big brother and sister up to each house and then was very excited afterwards and showed off what he got each time. Boppa came with us while Vic manned the candy bowl at home. The rain held off and the kids got plenty of candy.


Last year they ate some of the candy and we ended up throwing a lot of it away in the end. This year I've convinced them to save their seven favorite pieces and then we are going to send the rest to a soldier in Iraq to share with his buddies. So hopefully this year the candy will all be enjoyed.