Halloween Fun

Noah has just taken up Karate and is loving it! (Sorry, not Halloween related)

On Saturday before Halloween, we trick-or-treated on the Downtown Mall with the "Strawberry" and "Snow Queen" Scharf.

That night we carved the first pumpkin.

The next day, we traveled to Harrisonburg for the afternoon and on the way back we stopped on Skyline Drive to play in the snow that came down there. So amazing to see snow and autumn colors on the trees still!

S'mores by the fireplace. yum.

The finished Jack-o-Lanterns.

That's a lot of apples! Fourteen pounds made about 7-8 pints of tasty applesauce.
Ethan was my assistant, as usual.

Applying "Harry Potter's" scar....

....and "Woody's" star. Glad he decided to put the costume on for Halloween. In fact, the following 2 days we left the house dressed as Woody - at least with boots, hat, bandana, and vest.

As has been the tradition the last 2 years, Grandma came to visit for Halloween!
It's always such a treat to have her with us!

This was the first year that Ethan "got" Halloween. He walked the whole way on his own, would knock or ring the doorbell, shout "Trick-or-Treat," and prior to leaving shout "Thank You!"

Noah asked me what we're celebrating with Halloween. All I told him was that it was an excuse to dress-up in fun costumes and visit neighbors - really, that's all that matters to me. (c;