The weather leading up to Halloween was cold and rainy. In fact, to my horror we had a decent covering of snow mid-October. However, Halloween night was just perfect! There was a touch of chill in the air but not to much and most trees still retained their auburn leaves.
This year we all dressed up as the Goonies gang. The movie "Goonies" is a family favorite and picking out characters was almost as fun as dressing up. Everyone was convinced that Aggie would make a perfect "Chunk", and she did.
We were all a little disappointed that the 40 somethings seemed to be the only people who recognized our "Goonies" theme. I realize that others my age grew up watching movies like "Goonies", "Breakfast Club", and "ET", but I wrongly assumed that we were all sharing these same movies with our own kids. I mean seriously every boy needs to see the Statue of David scene and Chunk's confession to Momma is priceless, but I digress.
After a good solid hour of trick-or-treating, where Aggie fully and willingly participated the whole time, without a single break, we called it quits. The kids rushed home to do what they always do...engage in some serious candy trading. After which we all sat down and watched "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" and then without a lot of coaxing everyone hit the hay. It was a good Halloween.
The Goonies
Shane as Sloth
Diane as Mamma
Avery as Brand
Amelia as Andy
Audrey as Data
Aggie as Chunk
