Noche de Brujas Halloween!

Halloween was great! Jake dressed as a Jedi, Grace as Jasmine, Sarah as a vampire, and Rachel as a cute witch. I was a party pooper this year, with no costume. I hope to make up for it next year. I actually wanted to make a whoopee cushion costume, and I thought I had enough pink felt, but I didn't. I thought it would be funny if I was the whoopee cushion and Andy was an old fart. Anyhoo...

I was so surprised by how many kids(and moms and nannies) came to the house. More trick or treaters than we had last year on base! We ran out of candy at 7:15 ish, and we had purchased a few of those big bags of good candybars at Costco! While we were walking around, there were many people out, but not many houses handing out candy. I guess it's more than other places, though, because people come park their cars outside the neighborhood and walk around here. The kids walk around chanting "noche de brujas Halloween!" which means night of the witches, halloween. If you're handing out candy, you just keep your door open or wait at your gate to give out the candy. We received more candy with chili powder in it than we would have liked, but we got rid of it quickly. The chili candy really is an acquired taste, but the kids here love it!

It was a fun week, but I'm glad it's over...there were so many parties and activities for the kids to attend. Now, for the Mexicans, the next big holiday is Christmas, so we see the trees and decor going up at the malls. I love Thanksgiving, and I'm glad we get to look forward to that next!