Trick Or Treat

We had a very fun Halloween. We spent the evening at Nana and Papas house with the entire Sharp family. (Halloween is Nana's birthday so this serves a dual purpose). We had a yummo birthday dinner and the kids enjoyed huddling around the PSP to watch a Dora Halloween special that Christopher had downloaded for them.
Though they felt that they had waited AGES.....it was FINALLY time to get into costume. Aren't they sweet!?


Here is Madison in her too cute pumpkin costume. I am especially fond of this costume since Kate used it last year. Kate was an adorable pink princess.....completely decked out WITH a crown, princess slippers, necklaces, bracelets, boa, purse, and 2 wands. Talk about bling! She kept twirling around saying "Look at me! I'm bootiful! I am pincess! I turned into a pincess!" And here is Dallin as the Spectacular Black Spiderman WITH webslinging action (which we threatened to take away if he even THOUGHT of pointing it at another kid). It think he looked really cool and I loved this shot of him before we went out. We put glow bracelets anywhere we could think of since it was dark out...he was wearing black....and let's face it the kid is FAST and has the attention span of a gnat! LOL

They started out trick or treating at Nana's where they got FULL SIZED candy bars! YUMMO! Of course...they also got to pick whatever they wanted out of the goody bag (that is the benefit of trick or treating at your nana's :)

Here they are waiting at another door. Dallin had it pretty much down this year. He did NOT go into houses like last year and was pretty aware of how it worked. He did have to be prompted to say thank you a few times though....AND he stood there and argued loudly with a little old lady through 3 different sets of trick or treaters how he was "HANDSOME" NOT "CUTE!"......he didn't let the fact that she kept closing the door between trick or treaters slow him down any. He kept right on....I am hoping she was hard of hearing. Kate caught on quick that people would put candy in your bucket and was VERY VERY excited. She didn't quite get the order down though. She couldn't reach any of the doorbells and when people would open the door she would stand there with her bag out....then AFTER they put the treat in she would perkily say "trick treat! thank you!" and keep repeating it like a mantra as she marched back off the porch. She did NOT like the idea of having her bag emptied into a backpack to make it easier to carry. After I assured her that Madison would NOT get it, she grudgingly gave in. Madison was fun to watch this year. She is soooo smart at such a young age and definitely understood that if she went to doors and held out her bucket....she would get CANDY! She also insisted on packing around her own bag and would cry if anyone tried to help her carry it. She almost freaked out when we emptied it into a bucket....so we had to put some candy back in for her so she wouldn't feel robbed.

Here they are running to the next house. We were really getting the hang of it. Dallin ended up splitting off with Christopher before too long because he was sooo much faster than the girls and we wanted him to really be able to go and have fun. The girls really went at about the same pace and it was fun to see them go together. People seemed surprised that they were out trick or treating so young.....but we all stayed with them and it was only 7pm....it didn't seem
that weird to me. Here is a short video I shot of the kids trick or treating at a door. I had hoped for a better one...more true to their mannerisms that evening, but they were a little distracted by the cackling skeleton. Overall, they did great! Madison made it down several streets before she was ready to go home. Kate made it a street or so more...and Dallin got a good 2 streets more than the girls. They had a great time and remembered all the rules :)

Here is Kate with some of the "stash" after they got home. We let them pig out on candy that night, but then they had to earn it with good behavior....plus I had to "test" some to make sure it was safe. Kate kept organizing it and RE-organizing it. She was pretty miffed that she couldn't get it to ALL fit in her bucket. LOL Funny girl.


Finally, it was time to unwind with some Halloween specials and opening of gifts. The kids always enjoy helping to do that! I love that they always say "It's Halloween AND Nana's birthday!" It is a total two-fer! Happy Birthday, Nana! We love you! And Happy Halloween!