Last night we celebrated Halloween and had a great time. Jenny's sister Anne and brother-in-law Todd were nice enough to invite us over. Our night started out with a Halloween parade near their house with all the neighborhood kids. We sported our best Star Wars dark side impressions. Sadly, we were not as recognizable as I thought we were going to be. Some kid asked me if I was Princess Leia. Really? I guess I can only claim responsibility for my son and hope that in time, that kid's parent's will school him in the facts of Star Wars.
Anyway, the parade was great and we got to see lots of costumes. The weather was absolutely perfect; such a change from the wintry mix of past Minneapolis Halloweens. After the parade we had a lovely dinner and then on to the fun!
As you can see above Anna is a Pink Lady from Grease and Kate is princess Jasmine. They all did great going door to door, especially Kate and Henry. I think they fed off the energy of each other and wanted to run from house to house forever. Henry said at one point that someone told him to be careful about "spooks" and that was what he was doing. When a kid went by with an especially scary costume (usually a skeleton or the guy from "Scream") he would just freeze. When the offender went past him, then Henry would resume walking. Funny guy.
After getting all the candy it was time to check out the haul. Not bad for a 4 year old. Henry even got a birthday present from the Fimmens. It was a set of easy readers that are absolutely perfect for him. We read some last night and they are a hit. After that we went home and called it a night. Such a good night.
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