Halloween 08

Dane and Christian - Indiana

Maddy - Cat

Sammy - Monkey

Brandy - Mom

This Halloween was such a blast! The kids dressed in costumes around 2 pm, eagerly waiting to leave. The plan was to be at Auntie's house at 5 pm for pizza and doughnuts. Unfortunately, our car had a dead battery, so it took some time to get going. We ended up being a bit late, which made Christian very upset! Fortunately, the rest of the family was late as well, making us the first to arrive! Tehe, Wenzels are never on time.

Auntie Lo-Lo's house. Dane says the neighborhood reminds him of the Halloween Michael Myers movies, and it does! It's one of those rare 

neighborhoods where both kids and adults dress up to enjoy the spooky night. 

After everyone arrived and had their pizza and donuts, the grown-ups FINALLY said, "Yes, we can go now!" I went along for a few houses with our group of 15 but decided it was way too cold for Samuel and me to continue. BTW - No rain this time! The frozen kids returned at around 8:45 with their bags filled with a ton of candy! After sorting through it all, Ga-Ga (my mother-in-law) asked which kids wanted to go with her to Hardens Rd. At this point, Christian looked up at me with anticipating eyes. You see, every year Ga-Ga and Auntie Lo-Lo take the bigger kids back out for a second round of trick-or-treating to a neighborhood that gives full-sized candies. Extremely extroverted and can't stand to see the night end! Every year, I tell Christian, "Maybe next year." He asked me about this weeks ago, as he remembered my promises from the years before, so off Christian went with the big kids! Dane, Maddy, Sammy, and I stayed behind to watch scary movies (which ended up being cartoons after the kids started looking up at the TV).

YAWN! The older group got back around 9:30 pm! I'm sure they stayed out until the porch lights went off! Sammy and I very much wanted to get home and snuggle in bed!!! Next year, Sammy will toddle up to the doors with all the other kids.