Halloween

Halloween on a Friday night is pretty awesome, and it was even better because the boys had an early dismissal day. The four of us enjoyed lunch out and a quiet afternoon at home before gearing up for Halloween activities!

Dinner this year was simple but fun: jack-o'-lantern quesadillas with Bloody Mary (tomato) soup! Yummy and so easy, this may be our new go-to meal on Halloween night.

Henry commented that the glistening cheese made it look like the jack-o'-lantern was glowing.  

After dinner, Gene got to work on Henry's face paint.

He did a really good job!

He even painted eyes on Henry's eyelids. Spooky!

My costumed crew with the jack-o'lantern.

They were all characters from The Hobbit: Gandalf (Will), Smaug the dragon (Henry) and an oversized dwarf (Gene).

Gandalf and the dwarf tried valiantly to defeat Smaug!

And then we were off!  

We have such a lovely neighborhood for trick-or-treating. We saw lots of neighbors out and about and met up with friends down the block.

One house gave out tricks (Chinese finger traps) and one house gave out full-size candy bars, which is pretty darn exciting for kids!

I hope your Halloween was full of sweet treats, costumed creatures, and much laughter!