Mom to the Screaming Masses: Boo

One of the things that I love most about my neighborhood is, well, the neighbors themselves.

Well, yeah, there's this one family...

Kidding.

The vast majority of the neighbors are awesome people. They watch out for my kids, have kids in the same age groups, and we have two functions every year that are neighborhood based. There are 42 houses in the subdivision, and I'd venture to say that at least 30 of them have kids. Many of the families have been here since we moved in, 9 years ago today.

Yup. We moved in to our house on Halloween. Emma was an infant and I have firm memories of the moving men bringing in the beds as I stuffed her into a pea in a pod costume and we strolled around this new place.

Every Halloween, we meet at the end of the street and have a party, followed by a parade. When we first started, we had a couple of bags of chips and some juice, but it's grown every year. This year we had scary punch, wrapped hot dogs, trail mix, spinach dip, a veggie platter, pizza, cheese sticks -

and donuts. Specifically donuts on a string. I love my neighborhood.

Happy Halloween, y'all.

About Me

WANTED, Carmen, mom to the Masses, for dangerous undertakings inside and outside the home. Last seen with her partner The Hubster, and six accomplices (Nikolas 19, Allegra 17, Mackenzie 14, Gabriel 12, Emma 9 and Riley 8). This fugitive is considered armed (with epi pens and inhalers) and dangerous, especially when she hasn't had her morning coffee. She is particularly difficult to recognize due to an 80 pound weight loss (size 18-20 down to 6-8!), and has been known to hide beneath large piles of laundry. She's a fan of running races, has her Black Belt in Muay Thai and can be found reading, training Crossfit, boxing or running to the store for milk and bread. And coffee. Always the Coffee.

Comments

that looks like so much fun.

Posted by: kyooty | October 31, 2011 at 09:20 PM

Donuts on a string...I'll be dreaming of that tonight :)

Posted by: Vicky | October 31, 2011 at 10:14 PM

It's hard to compete with donuts on a string! Yum! My favorite photo is the last one.

Posted by: Elizabeth | October 31, 2011 at 11:05 PM

Wonderful! Glad everyone had fun.

Posted by: addy | November 01, 2011 at 08:44 AM

How much fun is that?!?

Posted by: Nelson's Mama | November 01, 2011 at 09:47 AM

Looks like a lot of fun! Their costumes were great!

Posted by: Brandy | November 01, 2011 at 01:12 PM

I had to look up donuts on a string, because I could only figure that such a configuration would be used for human fishing (and I'd be caught hook, line, and sinker! LOL).

Your neighborhood seems delightful -- happy anniversary, especially in a place befitting your family.

Posted by: Maura | November 01, 2011 at 06:20 PM

So awesome!

Posted by: Gina | November 01, 2011 at 10:14 PM

Love the pictures, especially the close-ups!

Posted by: Mary @ A Simple Twist of Faith | November 02, 2011 at 01:15 PM