Halloween 2008 in Indiana

Ok, so this has been in the "Blogs to Post" file for awhile... at least it's finally seeing the light of day...

Since Aaron had a business trip planned for the last week in October, and since we hadn’t been back to Indiana for awhile, I decided Molly and I would head to visit Grandma and Grandpa for Halloween. This made Molly VERY happy since she had her first leaf-jumping experience at Grandma and Grandpa’s last year… so the only place she can properly jump in leaves is, of course, Grandma and Grandpa’s.

So, we packed up the Cinderella dress, the sparkly silver shoes, and the tiara and headed North. I also packed the appropriate winter clothes for Molly to wear under said Cinderella dress, since I spent many a Halloween wearing snow boots and my winter jacket over my costume – thus killing the look of the rockin’ Marie Osmand costume… but I digress.

We lucked out and had BEAUTIFUL weather… like in the 60s and low 70s beautiful. It was so fun – to be on the street where I grew up, taking my daughter and mom trick-or-treating… and visiting with neighbors who were all sitting outside, enjoying the beautiful fall evening.

Next day, we spent lots of quality time jumping in leaves. (Note the look on Molly’s face in this action shot – sheer joy. Mommy’s look – sheer terror!)

We also worked in a visit to Home Depot for the kid’s workshop. (We can’t miss those!) Not only did we get to build something with Grandpa, we built a leaf press! How perfect!


We had a wonderful visit - great quality time with Grandma and Grandpa. You were the perfect little princess… handing out candy to the not scary costumes ("Mommy, you can give candy to the scary ones.")… jumping in leaves... and simply loving life.