Halloween!

Halloween continues to change little by little for us as our family grows up! This year Cade opted out of trick-or-treating all together. He opted for working out with cousin, Roman, and playing cards at my Dad and Kathleen's house instead. Gabrielle didn't join us for trick-or-treating for the first time this year. Instead, she went to her friend Elena's house with Jorja and other soccer teammates & friends for a Halloween party and some trick-or-treating with the group. Thankfully, Genevieve and Willem were still excited about heading out through the neighborhoods with Chad and me along with Amber, Jacoby, Nia, Viv, Carsten, Marcus, Davida and Athena. We met at David's house and spent a surprisingly relaxing hour and a half venturing through the neighborhoods. We got an early start at 6 pm which was nice as it definitely got busier as our time out trick-or-treating went on. It was so cute seeing Genevieve skip with pure joy out of the few houses after trick-or-treating shouting out to Chad and me what candy she received! She was also great about saying thank you quite loudly after receiving her candy at each house as well! The kids all had fun but were ready to call it a night well before 8 pm. After leaving David's house we made one final stop at Opa and Kathleen's house for a little more candy.

Earlier in the day, I got to help with the Halloween party in Genevieve's classroom. The best part was how excited Genevieve was to see me when I first entered her classroom. And, the kids' singing performance at the end was adorable as well! Here's a link to the a YouTube video of a couple of her class's Halloween songs: http://youtu.be/buSfnp3m1lY