What Bad Weather?

If I didn't grow up here, I'd have to say this whole East Coast "bad weather" thing is just a hoax. We've had gorgeous skies and warm, sunny, California-like days since we've been here. Some of the trees near my sister's house are just starting to hit full color, and many are still green. We're getting to see the full fall transition, which I'm happy about: I was worried we were going to miss it and go straight into winter!

Yesterday was Halloween, and we packed in a full day of parades and fun. We went to Julia's parade at her school, met a bunch of Sarah's friends and co-workers, had a great lunch at the local pub and then caught Jessica's parade at her school. Both nieces dressed up like witches, and were very convincing in their costumes. Sophie wore her ladybug costume, but her hood kept covering her eyes so we mostly kept it off. She seemed to enjoy all the parades, and wasn't at all phased by the different costumes.

After the last parade we came home for trick-or-treating in the neighborhood. That was all we had energy for, but Anthony and the girls stayed strong and went to the local firehall for a Halloween party. Eula did her best to scare off potential trick-or-treaters, but we still managed to get a good number before we all went to bed.