Trick-or-Treat 2012

Zuri got a large candy haul this year for Halloween.  She filled her bucket!  We started out in our neighborhood, only intending to be out for about 45 minutes or so, but as we got started, we noticed no kids, and only a few homes had anyone actually there.  So, we decided to canvas our *new* neighborhood.

--That's right, we are "under contract!"  Our soon-to-be new home is in a really great neighborhood.  In fact, the house next door has a little girl close to Zuri's age.  It is located really close to major access roads and is very centrally placed.  It is in an established neighborhood and has been really well taken care of--so much so that it is move-in ready!  It is a little bit older and smaller than the homes that we have been looking at, but it is in an area where the value of homes is pretty high.  We have almost a third of an acre of land (that has been our biggest issue with some of the newer homes--no land!) and apple, plum and cherry trees.  Our backyard borders a neighborhood "park" and the current owners tell us that they see deer and elk all the time near the little creek that runs through the park.  It has a walk-out basement so Jeremy has easy access to all areas of the house.  Everything has fallen into place with this home, and it will be a great little starter place for us!  If all continues to go well, we should be able to move in before Christmas--so exciting!

We ended up trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood for a couple of hours.  Zuri kept saying that she wanted to go to more houses, but I think by the end, even she was tired.  Until we got home, then she wanted to go back out and didn't want to take her costume off.  Kai was a trooper through the whole thing and just enjoyed getting out.  He stared wide-eyed as we went from house to house, just sucking on his fingers.  He didn't get fussy at all, but he fell right asleep when we got into the car.  He stayed asleep even when we brought him into the house!