Halloween Festivities

This year was our first "real" Halloween in America. Last year we did venture out into our apartment complex and the kids got a few treats. Actually-5 apartments was just the right amount of candy for our little ones.
But this year, we really experienced part of American culture that we forgot existed. Halloween has taken over this country in the last 7 years while we were gone. Seriously, our neighborhood came alive over the last few weeks with decorations, lights and anticipation! And I understand why now-last night was a blast! Everyone was out, spirits were high, candy was overflowing, and people were talking and getting to know one another, something kind of rare in the "single family dwelling" culture that we are now a part of. Halloween brought our neighbors out and we really enjoyed the community of it all.

We hosted a pumpkin carving-cookout the weekend before Halloween. Down here is hot Florida, you have to wait until 2 days prior to Halloween before carving your pumpkin. Otherwise the pumpkin faces all look like wrinkly old men with a few teeth. Everyone got really into it and some of our neighbors even brought power tools to use! WOW!Smurfette, Ninja, Mermaid, Aerial, and one cute cowboy! We enjoyed trick or treating with some of the kids from our street.

EG and Jack were a little timid at first, but they got the hang of it really quickly. (and after they realized they got candy at every single house, they were leading the charge from house to house!)
Mr Brian, our neighbor who has helped us a ton on our foreclosure-of-a-house, with his buddies. Jack the lion is the newest addition to our street!
Now I am just trying to figure out what to do with the 20 lbs of candy we collected. To eat or not to eat???
Happy Halloween from the Huffmans!