Trick or Treat!

I really, really, really hate that we have trick or treating on Sunday night. Especially since it's Sunday night after fall break, when I really just want to get the kids relaxing and to bed early. Instead, let's let them run around and hype them up on sugar! It makes no sense to me that if you're going to have trick or treating on the night before a school night, why not put it on actual Halloween? But, whatever. At least the weather was really nice (no rain! no sleet! no snow! no wind!), so there was a ton of kids out. But still...

 

Buca wanted to show off his costume first.

This was at the pumpkin patch a couple of weeks ago.

I think this is funny, with Ava peeking out the bottom.

 Yup. It's a big rooster.

 Hay ride!

Trick or treating! Isn't the cowgirl the sweetest cowgirl you've ever seen?

And here's the crew that called our house home base. We had a few people over, Dave made chili and pumpkin ginger soup (from the kids' pumpkins!! How industrious is that??), and then the kids toured the neighborhood.

Just my kids. Nolan was a banana, Ava a cowgirl, Max some crazy something, and Abby... big kid. She decided she was too old to trick or treat this year, and instead volunteered to take Ava (and any other little kids who tagged along). I just can't believe it. How could she possibly be old enough to not trick or treat??

 

 Nolan won his class costume contest with his banana outfit. He went trick or treating with a friend on Saturday in a neighboring town and got 10 pounds of candy. Then went again on Sunday around our house. Needless to say, he got a LOT of candy. (And Buca only ate a little of it. But more than Nolan would've preferred.)

Happy Halloween!!