Yes, that is Jude underneath this scary skeleton costume

Both kids have been excited about Halloween for weeks. They love everything about this holiday. The dressing up in fun outfits, going around the neighborhood after dark and yes…the candy. Here are both kids getting ready to roll and fill their orange buckets.

Anna, the sweet witch

There were not many kids out on our block so Jude and Anna scored a ton of candy with several people saying, “take as much as you want”. Both kids would reach in for a handful. What to do with all this candy?

Someone at school mentioned that the “Switch Witch” comes to their house and takes all the candy and in exchange leaves a toy for the kids. We loved this idea so we implemented it at our house. Both Jude and Anna were keen to give this a try although Anna decided to keep a few pieces of candy hidden from the Switch Witch…

It was another beautiful weekend here and we spent quite a bit of time outside. Today, we went to the Stapleton playground, one we hadn’t been to in over a year. It is a big playground with a lot of variety for the kids so Jude and Anna were in heaven. They could have stayed there all day. There is also a big field next to the playground where they ran around for a while. I snapped the photo below on our way back to the car with Jude and Anna in deep discussion about a pretend monster who was lurking in a drain nearby.

At the Stapleton playground in deep conversation

Finally, I was out of town in New York City for most of this week. Part of the reason was for the TedX Wall Street conference that was held at the New York Stock Exchange. The post conference party was held on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. They were taking photos of people “ringing” the closing bell so here I am with my good friend and new business partner, Bo Brustkern.