We had fun trick-or-treating this year. Ava was a pirate (no girly costumes for this girl), Lilly was a mermaid, and to round it off, Naomi was Tinkerbell. The girls were adorable and had fun making the rounds gathering candy throughout the neighborhood. We finished the night at the neighborhood haunted house. Every year one of the neighbors sets up a surprisingly elaborate haunted house right in their front yard and holds a canned-food drive for admission. As luck would have it we arrived right at the same time as all the cousins. It was especially spooky and fun this year.
I have to say that Halloween lost a little bit of what makes it great this year by falling on a Sunday. What makes Halloween great, you might ask? Well, let me tell you. It's a holiday that brings together family, friends, and communities with good food, silly decorations, and all around fun. And it manages to do all these things while being totally low key. No pressure, no fuss, just all around easy fun. Don't get me wrong. I love Christmas, but it comes with a lot of expectation, pressure, money, and work. With Halloween at the end of the week, it felt like the festivities went on, and on, and... So I wasn't too sad to see it come to an end.
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