Halloween

I didn't take pictures on Halloween night because we had so many from the neighborhood party and from school.  The kids had been a bit nervous about how they were going to meet up with all their friends this year.  Our neighborhood Halloween party has always been on Halloween.  This has made it so easy because the kids can play and then all meet up to go trick-or-treating together.  We haven't had to worry about dinner that night or who they would go with, because everyone was together and we had a pot luck.  So this year I had to think of what to make and what to do.

We decided to invite all the friends and their families over for hot chocolate and donuts before going out to trick-or-treat.  That way all the friends would be together and they could just leave from our house to go collect candy.

So at 6:30 p.m. we had the water hot and everyone brought their favorite topping and we had a great time.  We had 7 kids here with some of their families and ate donuts and laughed.  It was a great time.

When they were finished and it was getting darker outside, Bryan took all 7 kids around trick-or-treating while I stayed and answered the door.  They had so much fun and got so much candy!!

By the time they got home, Ethan was sweaty from running and Courtney was exhausted.  But Bryan said they did a great job.  If there was a dog at the house, Ethan would collect a candy for Courtney (who was far from the house) and if one of the kids was too slow, they would collect his candy for him too.  And if Courtney was too slow, Ethan would remind them all to slow down.  Bryan was on his bike so he could keep up.

It was crazy busy with kids that night but I think they all had fun.

After they had chosen 10 pieces of candy and eaten their one piece for the night, they put the rest out for the Halloween Fairy to take and leave a toy.  And then they went to bed.

Thursday morning Ethan was thrilled to have a bag full of army guys and Courtney had a manicure set!  They decided to put the rest of their candy out Thursday night to see if the Halloween Fairy would come again but she didn't.