Where Did October Go?

I am a little slow posting these days as my Grandmother mentioned last week.  I traveled for work much of the month.   Nightly routines - homework, baths, dinner, a few hands of UNO - absorb most of my free time.  We filled October with bike rides, golf and Halloween activities.  (Next year, I need to post pictures of the amazing foliage.  The vineyards along the Rhine look like a painting.)

Emily's school hosted a "Truck-or Treat" party.  Emily dressed as a zombie and Owen inherited a batman costume from our neighbor.   We arrived just in time for the rain.  On Halloween, we trick or treated around the Siedlung.  Each building sets up a table with candy.  One group set up a bar-b-que and handed out "brats" and beer to the adults.  Although Halloween is strictly an American holiday, the local Germans don their costumes requesting treats as they walk around the American complex.  This year candy lasted about 45 minutes before most tables ran out.