trick-or-treat!

happy halloween! raisins for all!



beau and i dressed up in the clown outfits that grandma jane made a few years ago. we handed out candy to over 400 kids (and even some adults)! we quickly ran out of treats, even the ever popular boxes of raisins, and had to make a run to walgreens to restock. after 4 more bags of candy, we still ran out in 20 minutes.

popular costumes included indiana jones, wonder woman (not wwf wrestler, duh kim), doctors and nurses, cheerleaders, martial artists, and ballerinas. honorable mentions go to phantom of the opera, fake pregnant woman with black eye, and dave chapelle-looking man with his blue tooth and mcdonald's sack for the mysterious "stroller baby". hmmmmm...

we had to turn the porch lights off around 8:30 so the kids would stop ringing the doorbell. jane made awesome pot pie stew, celery sticks with pimento cheese, and fresh fruit. we hung out for awhile discussing high school football, who would babysit for beau and i when megan and tim visit for christmas (i am dying to go out with them a few times), and if we should make the pot pie stew a halloween tradition? baby taylor got a case of the hiccups, and everyone took turns feeling them. i credit the hiccups to the hot sauce i added to my stew. someone told me spicy food encourages labor :) we'll see!

happiest halloween to all.. next year, we will have an 11 month old. yikes!!