Halloween Night

We had the best Halloween! I invited our playgroup friends over for dinner and trick or treating, since I figured Lily would have more fun with her buddies and I'd have my friends too. Plus it was a good chance for Chip to meet everyone and get all the husbands together. It was a total success and everyone had a great time. The kids were so cute trick or treating and Lily had a blast! It didn't take her long at all to catch on and would walk away from one door and yell, "Ok, on to the next house!" Everyone came over at 5pm for dinner and we left to go out at about 6:45 and didn't get back until nearly 9pm!! It totally didn't seem like we were trick or treating that long, it all went by so fast! But it was so much fun. After all that Lori and family and Patti and family came back over to the house (where my Dad was waiting to watch the USC game and passing out candy) and hung out for awhile longer. We figured since it was Daylight Savings Time, we had an extra hour and we were all having such a good time no one wanted it to end!! It was a super fun night and I can't wait until next year!!

The dessert area.

I had candy, cookies and little cream cheese pumpkin pie bites which were the hit of the party -- they were yummy!
Appetizers
Salsa and guacamole.

Some of the decorations I got at the Dollar Tree! :)

All the kiddos eating dinner.

Chip grilled chicken breasts and we had pasta salad, green salad, and biscuits (plus all the chips and dip, cheese and crackers, fruit and assorted appetizers).

Good times!

I also got a pumpkin shaped ice cube tray and froze OJ pumpkins to serve in water with fun straws for the kids. They were a huge hit until the pumpkins melted -- then they wanted juice boxes.

The whole gang!
Hannah in front and then from the left -- Dylan, Ashley, Trent, Emily, Elise and Lily

We even dressed up!

Patti, me, Heather, Courtney and Lori

We jokingly told the husbands to line up for a photo and they did!

Chad (Heather's husband), Paul (Courtney), Chip, Matt (Lori) and Bryan (Patti). Bryan's shirt says "Go Ceilings!" -- he was a Ceiling Fan. :)

Lily's first ever house to trick or treat at on Halloween!!

I LOVE this picture!

(Chip considered his old jersey a costume)

The temp was in the lower 60's, so I made Lily wear a shirt under her costume, but it wasn't cold at all! I don't think she really needed it.

The 2 Cinderellas!

"Ok, on to the next house!"

One house had an inflatable haunted house that they could have stayed and played in all night.

The Beer Wagon

Courtney mentioned that her neighbors use to drag a wagon of beer around with them when they took their kids out. We all thought it sounded like a fun idea -- and it got the dad's excited and more willing to come! :) We covered our bottles with a towel, since no one was 100% sure of the Texas alcohol laws. But it was also nice to have the wagon to carry Lily and Emily's crowns and wands and other assorted Halloween accessories that the kids didn't want anymore!

Tiny Hannah pulling the Beer Wagon.

Back at the house playing after a fun night!!

Patti supposedly got some good shots of the 2 of them, so hopefully I'll post a few of those soon!