Time to Trick-or-Treat

Abby and Landon have been looking forward to Halloween for a really long time and it did not disappoint. We ended up going out for almost two hours and finished up with two buckets very full of candy. Landon got a bit lazy and wanted to be carried for part of it but Abby was a tropper and probably would have gone longer if there had been any more room in her bucket!

 

Our neighborhood was very generous, but at the few homes where they would give each child one piece of candy, both kids would still graciously say "Thank you" but then Landon would turn around and yell to us "They ONLY gave us ONE piece." Unfortunately this happened on multiple occasions. We tried to explain that one piece was still very generous, but I guess it was a hard concept for this four-year-old when other houses would give them or encourage them to take whole handfuls of candy. We'll have to work on that one!

 

Here's Abby with her load. (She got so many compliments about her halloween costume. It was actually my costume for three years in a row when I was about her age and it was still in excellent condition. Many of the moms at church and in our neighborhood LOVED it and talked about how much they used to love Rainbow Brite. Unfortunately none of the younger girls even knew who she was. I guess Rainbow Brite needs to make a comeback like Strawberry Shortcake and Cabbage Patch Kids!)

 

 

Landon was very pleased with his candy collection (and I liked the looks of that Reeses train...parent candy tax you know!!)

 

And here's the star of the show...Shark Boy! He was more than content riding around in his stroller all night when we gave him a candy bag to play with. He never did quite figure out to open it though!

 

We weren't even sure this night would happen with Hurricane Sandy looming, but we are very grateful to have been spared the brunt of the storm and we were glad that Mother Nature still made this night possible!