Princess Allianna Cinderella and her Halloweeny entourage

Things you may not be able to tell from the picture: 1. Allianna feels fabulous in her hair adornment and is laughing that it's around her face, 2. I was quite a decorated Girl Scout; I have another sash full of badges at home that um . . . didn't fit. ("Badges! Bad-ges! We don't need no stinkin' Bad-ges!" 3. Simon has chomping action in his lower jaw.

Allianna twirling in her Princess Allianna Cinderella gear (which became somewhat bridal after we couldn't find her tiara-jobby). We found the dress and basket for a cool $2.14 at salvation army. But then the shoes required 12.99 at Target--frightful! Oh well, she needs them, because every day's a dancing day.

Getting shut out at our first door. Never fear novice trick-or-treaters, we will press on!

The rooftop spider we like to drive by everyday after Simon's school, finally lit up!

Traveling home with some protection.

Wish I would have spotted those vagabonds who took off with my porch bowl (seriously . . . who does that?).

It was a Happy Halloween. One of the neatest moments was this morning when Simon brought some various Kitkats, rolos, and hershey bars and asked "Mom, what are these? Are these chocolate?" All my memories of trick-or-treating include having each type of candy and its relative worth intricately memorized. It's amazing that my kids have never seen, tasted, or thought of many of the goodies they got last night--so young and sweet! Here's to many more years of youthful sweetness!