Our Family, Our Joy: Halloween

The kids were very excited about Halloween. The talk of candy and costumes started early in October. Tyler wanted to be Batman, so then Alex decided he wanted to be Batman. Fortunately I found a Fireman costume and since Tyler wants to be a Fireman when he grows up, he easily made the change, and Alex got to be Batman. Michael, our ball boy, was a football player, or as he says "a football guy", and Lily was an adorable Minnie Mouse.

We carved 2 pumpkins. The boys were a little braver this year with the pumpkin goo. Tyler had fun sticking his hands in the pumpkin and pulling out all the goo. Alex wouldn't have anything to do with it. After getting his hand a little to close to the insides, he moved away from the table so nothing would touch him! Michael helped a little, and Lily was game to try anything.

That afternoon we went to a neighbor's who has a yearly Halloween get-together. The kids played with their friends and we all ate spooky treats. Then it was off to trick-or-treat. It took Lily no time at all to get the hand of trick-or-treating. I walked her to the first house, and she held out her bag to get the candy. After that she started running to all the houses with her brothers. She thought this was the best thing. Playing dress-up and getting candy......what could be better than that?!! Tyler and Michael wore out early and sat in the wagon. Not Lily. She easily kept up with her oldest brother. After only one street, Michael said he had enough candy, and just sat in the wagon the rest of the night. (what kids says that??). Tyler made it to a few more houses and then joined Michael in the wagon. Alex and Lily kept going, and going, and going! Wore me out since after a while, Lily wanted to be carried in between houses and there's lots of hills in our neighborhood. Fortunately, after a while, they were happy to go back home and hand out candy. Alex had a lot of fun picking out which piece of candy to give each trick-or-treater.

Doesn't Alex look excited?!