October 31 - Halloween in Charlotte

Morgan and Regina sort their candy loot

Madison Mahoney, Morgan, Regina and Meagan Mahoney at the CCDS football game

Scene of the football game

Morgan and Regina on the field at the game - with the cheerleaders!

The 2 girls and Evee- dressed as a pig!

Richard LaVecchia (Jack's friend), Regina, Morgan, Rex and Jack - ready for the party

Neighbor Emily Brown dressed as Candidate for Vice President, Sarah Palin

On the way to the Halloween party!

The "Fire truck" giving rides to the kids at the party.

Today was Halloween Day!!  It is a huge celebration here in Charlotte and the kids just love it.  Since there was no school today, the girls slept in this morning. Then at 9:30am a professional photographer arrived to take some family photos.  She took pictures of our family and some with Regina too.  Hopefully there will be one or two good photos of us all - if so I'll be sure to send them to Regina's family.

After the photo session, we headed downtown to the Carolina Panthers Football Stadium Team Store.  There Regina found a few items for family members.  Then we went to lunch at wonderful bookstore cafe called Bravo Bistro.  The kids had fun looking around the bookstore and then eating their lunch.  Regina was excited to find and buy a book called Twilight.  She and Morgan spent the next hour reading at home - a smart thing to do as the Halloween activities lined up for tonight were vast.

OK, so the time for the celebration arrived.  We headed to the neighborhood street party riding -of course- the motorized buggy that the girls created!! We all mingled with the neighbors, who were all dressed up in costumes, ate dinner and took turns riding on a street train that was there giving rides up and down the road.  Then everyone set out to go trick or treating.  Morgan and Regina hit every house within walking distance and returned home, bags overflowing with candy!!  They sorted their loot, then changed clothes and headed to the CCDS vs Charlotte Latin School football game.  Joe took them to the game and I stayed at home with the boys - who were happy to continue sorting & eating their candy.  CCDS ended up losing the game, but nevertheless the day was very successful and the girls had yet another fun day together.