Halloween was fabulous

Halloween was really fun this year. I have to say that pleasant weather, makes it so much more fun. Plus, the kids are at fun ages. Poor David was pretty petrified by the scary guys -especially at the Halloween parade at the school. One helpful kid in Emma's class who was wearing a particularly gross mask came up to David's face making scary noises. That totally cemented his fear. But it also made him snuggly and I liked that part.

We went with a European motif for our Halloween costumes this year. (More by coincidence than original plan) and everyone looked cute, if I do say so myself. Emma wore her famous matador costume and looked as cute as ever. Dad was the bull she fought, but mercifully didn't kill.

Catherine wore a dirndl my parents bought in Austria about 20 years ago and went as Heidi.

Spencer's was the costume I was having the hardest time with. After a neighbor gave us this green dragon costume for David to wear, I decided Spencer should be a knight to go with the dragon. (This was the only costume I made this year.) And in honor of our trip to England this year, he is St. George - the patron saint of England - who fought the lengendary green dragon. Frankly, I didn't expect anyone but an anglofile-Humanities-major to get this one, so we just told everyone he was a knight. Spencer asked if he was "The Dark Knight." Since he's only heard his friend talking about that and really has no idea what it means, I just told him, "sure. What ever makes you want to wear your costume." :)
This was another cute costume. Catherine's teacher this year is Mrs. Merryweather. So she was Merryweather from Sleeping Beauty for Halloween. Loved it.