Sunday, November 01, 2009

Our Third Texas Halloween

Hard to believe we've been in Texas for 3 Halloweens now. I will say one thing, those Texans sure know how to do Halloween... Each house we went Trick-or-Treating at Chad would comment on how festive their decor was, "Wow, they did a good job!" (i.e. they have a lot of inflatables), or "Wow, they even have music!" or "They have their smoke machine on! I forgot to set mine up!"

I showed Rylee how to organize her candy. She was sad when her massive Sugar Daddy didn't have a "buddy" to go along with it. I gave up and let them have free reign with their candy after they each ate a bowl of oatmeal this morning.Our neighborhood loves a reason to party. Our friends ordered pizza for the who cul-de-sac , there was a portable firepit, and I'm pretty sure a margarita machine.
The house behind ours had put together a haunted house in their garage. The neighborhood had a planning meeting 2 weeks ago about it. The theme was "An Emergency Room Gone Wrong."
We ate BBQ (which is a phrase that only makes sense to me because I now live in Texas) with our neighbors before Trick-Or-Treating. I like Avery's expression i this picture.

I was so busy finding costumes I forgot to coordinate shoes for some of the costumes...

9 comments:

Meredith said...

i used to organize my candy too! that made it a bit depressing after a while, though, to realize how many people had handed out dum dums. crap candy.

Melissa said...

I can't believe you've been there for 3 years, that's crazy! Your girls look adorable. And just wondering, how many Halloween inflatables do you guys have?

KatieB said...

we've really only been here 2 years, but for 3 halloweens. we only have 1 halloween inflatable... but also a giant mechanical spider, a set of bones, and ghosts that light up around our flower beds.... now christmas inflatables, that's a different story...

Matt and Jennae Porter said...

Cute costumes!!! And the planning party for the garage haunted house? That is INTENSE.

Jeff & Melissa said...

Wow your neighborhood goes all out, it looks like so much fun!

Kelli said...

How fun to have such a spirited neighborhood! The girls look darling!

Jamie Nelson said...

jealous...

bethany said...

It sounds so great to have such a friendly neighborhood-that must be a Texas thing. It is certainly NOT a UT thing.

So, how many CHRISTMAS inflatables do you have?

Chrissy said...

Cute costumes! What a fun neighborhood to live in. Sounds like Chad fits right in!