Halloween 2009

Another year, another Happy Halloween for the Arnold family. We started the day as we have been doing quite a bit recently: Soccer practice in the back yard.

After soccer, some of the Gator game, and a nice walk in the neighborhood, it was time to get Donovan’s costume on and head over to the Brown’s for trick or treating. This year Donovan had elected to be a ‘Mummy’ and his Mom was very excited to make his costume from scratch. She did this by procuring a pair of off white thermals for $9, some cheese cloth, and some double sided cloth tape. I was skeptical at first, but I must say, she REALLY pulled it off.

He had worn the costume to a party a week previous, and he really wore it ragged. I still think it looks fantastic. Excellent work lover!

Earlier that day I cooked up some sausage, chicken, rice, and tomato soup for us all to line our stomachs with before ingesting all of the candy that we were soon to have. Here, the kids (Donovan, Isabella, and Lola) loved it so much they could barely sit still (i kid, i kid):

We walked around the neighborhood until just after dark; roughly an hour plus or minus a few minutes. The kids were happy to rest their legs and sample their haul. We stuck around for a while, until it was time to put Donovan to bed. He was ready, for sure.

All in all, it was a great time. Next year, we have already committed, will be the year that Julia dresses as Princess Lea, I as Han Solo, and depending on how tall Donovan gets, he will be either Yoda, or Luke.