Halloween 2012

 

Halloween was lots of fun for us this year, both girls getting to enjoy the fun of trick or treating, and a nice night for us in general. 

 

Justin left work early so that we could hit the streets a bit before the sun went down. My neighborhood is such a joy to trick or treat in! Big sidewalks, pretty houses, the streets are always packed with families and EVERYONE decorates in my neighborhood. 

 

Part of the fun for me is getting to peek inside all the other big houses in our neighborhood. I'm not a stalker...I just like to see how people decorate. 

 

Parents are often seen with pumpkin beers or solo cups of wine while trick or treating with their kids in our neighborhood. Our neighbor across the street even hands out beers as "treats" to adults. There is just such a good vibe here on Halloween night. 

 

As long as the house wasn't too scary, Violet had no reservations hitting them up for candy with her sister. 

 

In Colorado, many Halloweens we have to put our kids in parkas and snow boots to trick or treat in. This year, we could not have asked for a more perfect night. It was warm (for October in Colorado) and beautiful. 

 

So we hit up a lot of houses...

 

But then dark came and my parents came over after work. 

This is getting to be a tradition, I like that they can be here to answer our door, and then we have a nice warm dinner together when the girls are done trick or treating. 

 

So when my parents arrived to watch the house and eat our food, we headed out once again, this time in the dark. Oooh!!! Spooky!!!

 

See what I mean about everyone going all out in our neighborhood?

Christmas lights are the same way. I love it here. 

 

We even saw a party bike riding around the neighborhood, giving out candy. 

Doesn't that look like fun?

 

This is one of my favorite houses in the neighborhood. Maybe I'll paint it...

 

We took turns, ringing doorbells, begging strangers to give our children much needed candy. Seriously, I love this holiday when I get to stalk see in my neighbor's houses. 

 

Coolest door of the neighborhood:

 

With the moon rising and two tiger bags full of candy, it was time to head home for...

{Justin put up our Halloween lights at 3 p.m. that day, by the way.}

 

Time for pumpkin soup! Edie's Chipotle Pumpkin Barley soup, to be exact. SO complex and SO delicious! We're definitely going to make it again soon. {We doubled the chipotle peppers in it, does that make us tough? ;-) It was so yummy!}

 

I wanted to use a soup tureen...well we only have one and it's from my great-grandmother's fine china, so I busted out the Johnson Brothers and made our Halloween dinner look all fancy schmancy. 

 

Also some Dearly Beloved wine, brought all the way from North Carolina's Trader Joe's by my parents the week before. {Thanks mom!}

 

It was such a wonderful meal to end a great night of Reformation & Halloween celebrations!

 

My dad, who is usually the first to want to leave and go home to bed, suggested a game of cards after we after we ate. 

 

So that is what we did, we taught my parents to play Kings in the Corner, and we laughed lots.

 

I love Halloween. 

Thanks for visiting!

Now, on to the holidays, full speed ahead. Oh boy...