HALLOWEEN

Olivia's stash

Halloween was really fun this year! The kids had great costumes- Olivia was a zombie, Nick was a ninja and Ben was a Lion, again! Chris' parents were here visiting so that made it fun, too. We had our traditional chili dinner with hot dog mummies before heading out to meet up with our neighbors. In this neighborhood, everyone with kids trick-or-treats together. So at those homes, bowls of treats are set out on the steps and the kids choose a candy. It was fun to go as a big group, all the kids were crazy and running ahead while the parents hung back and took pictures!

This was Ben's first year of really "getting" the whole idea of Trick-or-Treating and he loved it!

Checking out his loot...every five seconds.....

Ben didn't last quite as long as the big kids....they stayed out for a couple of hours, all in the name of candy! Of course they ate most of the good stuff that night, but the next day they were outside in the leaf pile making trades.....

This ninja will be strung out on sugar for the next week...