INSANE!!!!!!

HILLOWEEN, get it? Capitol Hill... Halloween... I know you all are smart enough I didn't really need to spell that out. Anywho, the only word I can think of to describe last nights events is INSANE!!!!! And I do mean insane, in a good way :o) First of all, the kids TOTALLY got the idea this year and Max was ready to go the second he woke up. Max was spiderman, as evidenced in the photos, and Maggie wanted to be Tinkerbell. Honestly, Maggie picked out her costume not me. But when the time came to put it on what does she say... "I don't want it". So I go through the list of all the "princess" dress up clothes that she wants to wear EVERYDAY and she justs keeps repeating, "I don't want it". What does Maggie want? Don't ask.. I did and she said very clearly, "I want spooky". Okay so it's 6:30 and I'm supposed to pull a spooky costume out of where? Needless to say her desire for candy over rode her desire to be spooky!

Okay, now for the INSANE part... I have never in my life seen that many people/kids on halloween, in one place, all decked out, with crazy houses all decked out, a FREE party with balloons and hayrides and face painting and moonbounces etc, etc, etc... It was CRAZY!!! I asked one woman how much candy she bought (after we waited in line for 5 minutes to get to her door... okay maybe it was 2 minutes but still - THERE WAS A LINE!!!) and she said ONE THOUSAND PEICES!!!! And the kicker is THEY RAN OUT! Seriously folks - it was like the Macy's Parade out there. It was FANTASTIC!

Well that's enough babble... on with the photos. Oh, one last side note - my camera batteries died, of course on Halloween after I leave the house - but no worries, Auntie Lia drove down from Philly to play with us and she had a camera. But those aren't available so you get the few I have.

Soooo adorable!

Trick-or-Treat?

"I want to do it again"... "Meee to!" followed by a chorus of "me, me, me, me, me" with bright shiny smiles. As if I'd say no!

Cool jack-o-lanterns someone cut out and placed on their steps. Some people are so creative and I am so not!

Great SPOOKY house. Both kids were okay with this one. You can see the bones coming out of the ground. They had great lighting and scary music and LOT's of props too. Another house was waaaaay scary and made even Max sad. He said, "that monster is real mommy".

Don't worry... Papa will save us :o)

Who is that masked woman?

The kids got these great big balloons at hilloween and they LOVED hitting Auntie Lia with them!

Next time we are in DC for halloween any and all should come visit. This truely was a spectacular night!