This year Halloween was a week-long event for the Murphy family. Leading off, Cary thoughtfully signed us up for a Halloween event at the Art Museum, which was a lot of fun. The kids got to color really cool Frankenstein's Monster posters, do a scavenger hunt in the museum, and get a family photo taken. Cary figured that Winnie would have no issue being Snow White four times... or every day for that matter. But she also knew Rush would not be cool with wearing his ultimate costume too often, so he became the man of many costumes. At the Art Museum he was an indian complete with stick horse. I have to respect the guy, he carried it the entire time without a second thought.
Then Cary took Rush to the Magic House, where they got to enjoy a rare day by themselves. Rush busted out his second costume: the masked ambiguous super hero! There is a reversible black/blue eye mask a la The Lone Ranger, and the reversible cape is Batman on one side and Spider Man on the other (although Spider Man doesn't actually wear a cape, and neither wears an eye mask). Worn with a Superman shirt to complete the confusion, the getup is really cute. The night Cary gave it to him, Rush kept running to the mirror, getting excited at the sight of himself, running over and hugging my legs, then dashing back to the mirror... over and over. Here is shot of him during that moment - decked out in his cape and jammies.
On Thursday night, we went to the Harvest Party that Greentree Church puts on. The event has really grown, and included a cool train you could ride, lots of game stations, and a fire-juggling act! Rush went back to the indian costume (sans horse) and Winnie remained faithful to her Snow White outfit. I didn't think to bring the camera, unfortunately, because I came straight from work.
Next was a Sunday night trick-or-treat session in our loft building. One of our neighbors thought it might be a good way to meet people since there are a lot of new faces in the building. So a few groups went around and there were people with door-hangers (no porch lights here!) to show that they were participating. We went along with Al (Buzz Lightyear) and Hope (Fairy), and the kids enjoyed themselves. It was a good warmup for Monday night, too.
For the big show, we started off at Grandma and Grandpa's house for a quick hello and photo shoot. Winnie finally had her Prince Charming: Rush in a tux! Although it confused a few homeowners when they were apart, even as a standalone he looked good. And, of course, Winnie transformed all the compliments coming her way into ballet moves!
Next, it was off to the Hogan's house in Rock Hill, which is walking distance from a Halloween superstar neighborhood in Warson Woods. Tons of kids, lots of people around fire pits in their driveways, police handing out glow necklaces, beer given out for the adults, and legit full-size candy for the kiddos. A large group of our friends meets up there, and walking around all together is a lot of fun for everyone. After trick-or-treat time, we dropped by our friend Stephen's house for the Halloween finale. We enjoyed a few minutes of the kids entertaining us (and Rush polished off his third fun-size bag of his new favorite: M&Ms).
All in all, I think we enjoyed ourselves as much as the kids. And Winnie might need to wear her Snow White dress a couple more times or suffer withdrawal!
