A night of Halloween fun!

We started when it was still light out. We had to get an early start! We were even able to bring John's older three boys out trick or treating...since they had never been before! Every kid needs the experience of going out on Halloween at least once! The kids were all dressed and ready to go. We had an array of costumes...a traffic light, static cling, a couple lions, a policeman, a bumble bee, a pumpkin, and a pink poodle!






Nolan is my shy boy...who quickly lost all shyness! He was eager to run from house to house, filling his bag with loot. The amount of candy should last us well into 2009. Considering we still have Easter candy left over!

Haddon was a cute bumble bee who knew how to work the door, asking for seconds on the candy....and he was too cute to say no to!

Towards the end of trick or treating, I went home with Haddon, Jamison, Paysie, and Joseph...while John continued on with Daniel, Jacob, Nolan and Gideon.

At one of those last houses, they stood there knocking, bags open and ready...yet no one answered. As they turned to go, the door finally opened and it was time to get more treats...wondering what had taken him so long to get to the door, Nolan asked him if he had been going to the bathroom, lol.

That's my Nolan!

It was a fun night...finished off with hot chocolate and marshmallows at home!

Pink Poodle Paysie

While I was at BRU today, I saw that their Halloween costumes were 75% off! How could I resist?

I was able to buy a couple more for the future too...next year she can be a pink googly monster, and the year after that, she can be a daisy :)

Not bad for $5 a piece!

What do you get when you have a policeman, two lions and a frog???

My boys on Halloween!

Gideon kept going back and forth between a lion or a bee, but he went with the lion. They roared at each door and were very polite. It got hard at the end for Haddon, who was so tired, and he cried at each door when it wasn't his turn to ring the doorbell. Then would be all smiles as they gave him a treat.

Overall, a successful night of trick or treating! John manned the house (and was a bit stingy on giving out candy since we have soooo much leftover, lol), and I took the boys out.