Anna Grows

Halloween at the Fagellas Anna declared this year the perfect Halloween.  She is old enough to go trick-or-treating by herself, but young enough to still go trick-or-treating.  Since she is older, she can cover a lot more ground in the neighborhood (as evidenced by the candy she brought home).  She is now wise enough to go to the cul-de-sacs at the end of the evening because no one goes there and they give you a lot of candy to get rid of it.  She has her strategy.  Add to it that today was a perfect fall day with temperatures around 70 degrees, the leaves are finally turning AND she got to go with her friend Sofia.  It was a great Halloween! Monster Storm Meanwhile, Joe and Theresa decided to have some fun with Anna and got into costume while she was out.  It had the desired effect as Anna immediately ran away when she saw them waving in the doorway at her.  Joe drew the most conversation from the neighborhood kids with his, "yo dude" greeting.  At one point he was

Anna & Sofia ready for the dance October 25 was a big night at school.  First, it as Trunk-or-Treat (aka trick-or-treating in the school parking lot) followed by the Middle School Dance.  Anna initially was not going to go to trunk-or-treat, but decided to join her friend Sofia and family.  Sofia was dressed as a cheetah and Anna was a giraffe (it is unclear if the cheetah was chasing the giraffe through the parking lot to simulate a hunt). Anna reported the dance was "mixed."  Apparently the greatest hazard was the number of people petting her because her costume was soft.  There was no costume contest this year.  She was dancing with her friends (no slow dancing at the Catholic school dance....think Footloose ).  There was also some drama over who was dancing with what group.  At the end of the day, she had a good time.  Somehow, her candy from trunk-or-treat disappeared (Mom believes it may be in her locker at school). Since Anna had a long weekend thanks to a