For the last five years we have hosted four families for dinner and trick-or-treating on Halloween Night at our place. This year we broke with tradition.
We spent the glorious night in Santa Monica, hosted by the Christensen's. As our families grow (now seven kids and four babies under one [babies not pictured]) our Halloween procession has become quite a sight. We made our way from Shawna and Jared's place on 4th Street to 16th Street, stopping at all the shops along the way. Soon we were ready to hit some houses, so we turned up 16th toward San Vicente. Just as the front runners of our group made their way to the houses with the FULL SIZE CANDY BARS, people started dropping like flies. Feet were aching, and some of the kids (and adults) just couldn't go on. Doug and Jared coordinated vehicular transport, and we all made it safely home. Back at home base, we enjoyed chili and homemade apple pie.
After dinner, the kids played as if it was the last night on earth. We called it a night just after 10 o'clock. As we drove home, Eric whispered, "I love Halloween, Mommy".
1 comments:
Fun! Everyone is looking very old.
I just ran across some pictures recently of the Halloween when Liz and I came over to your little house in Culver City, when Olivia was a toddler. So fun!
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