Halloween Night

Last night I took the kids out trick or treating. It rained on us once and we got soaked but it stopped as soon as we came home to get the umbrellas. At least it wasn't cold. I remember going out as a kid and being so cold on Halloween.

Not everyone in our neighborhood participated in trick or treating. I tried to go to everyone's house (on our side of the neighborhood) who was participating. I wanted to say hello to them (and invite the moms to join the neighborhood moms group) and I was also hoping that if enough kids went to their houses, they would participate next year also.

The kids were fascinated by this neighbor's eye patch.
Everything was large at one neighbor's house. Their Saint Bernard was dressed like a ballerina and they were handing out full sized candy bars.

There was one super scary house. The kids made it up to the door and got their treats. They both agreed that didn't want to go back. But, today that is the house they keep talking about it. They like the idea of it today.

One of our neighbors dresses up like the Cat in the Hat every year. She is so much fun!

She had a lot of decorations including these cute little ghosts in the her flower box. Wesley told her how much he liked the tiny pumpkin in front of the house.

Another neighbor had this guy at the bottom of her stairs.

Lydia's scariest moment of the night came when she turned around from getting candy at one house and saw this guy (the Scream) behind her. She did warm up to him as went to several houses with him and his family. He turned out to be a really nice boy.

At one point Lydia told me, "I don't need anymore candy." She was really tired and wanted to go home and eat the candy she had. Thankfully I only had to carry her very briefly last night.

When we got home, she immediately found a lollipop she wanted and climbed in her highchair to eat it. She asked me to take this picture of her with the lollipop in her check.

What was Chris doing in between handing out candy to the kids? He was doing puzzles. He complained that his neck was hurting when we got home.

One of our neighbors gave out some really cool treats. Wesley got a gummy finger and he couldn't wait to eat it.

Lydia got gummy brains. She gobbled them right up.

After getting a little sugar rush, Lydia did some dancing to the Halloween music.