Thoughts on our first Halloween in a house.

If you're still reading this blog, you're probably aware that we recently moved.  We now live in a neighborhood, and in our neighborhood we're able to have trick-or-treaters.  Erin was running around like a crazy person tonight in order to get back in time to greet the trick-or-treaters, and it was a lot of fun while it lasted.

With that in mind, here are a few of the exchanges from today.

This morning after chapel:

Little Girl:  Hola!

Me:  Hola!  Como estas?

Little Girl (loudly):  I'm going to be Supergirl for Halloween!

Tonight at the house:

Little Boy:  Trick or treat!

Me:  And what are you?  A flying dinosaur?

Little Boy (screaming...loudly):  A DRAGON!

Another little kid (dressed in all black and traveling alone):  Trick or treat.

Me:  What are you?

Little kid:  I'm going to take your soul.

Me:  My soul?  What are you going to do with my soul?

Little kid:  I am the reason you will rot in depression.

Me:  Alright.  Here's some candy.  Eat that instead of my soul.

So, all in all a pretty fun day.  I'm usually a grinch about these kind of things, but I had a great time seeing these little punks have so much fun begging strangers for candy.  I think next year we'll have to do something to make our place a bit more festive after we get through trick-or-treating with Amelia.  We're starting to take suggestions for costumes, and I'm thinking a leprechaun would be appropriate since we're now in Mobile.