Halloween is getting more and more fun for the kids as they get older. Both Colin and Evan love getting dressed up. I have caught Evan a couple times during his naps asleep wearing his spiderman costume. Similarly, when Colin was little I checked on him during nap time and he was standing on his bed in full spiderman costume and mask.
So this year they of course jumped at the chance to dress up. And of course they chose super hero's. Evan chose his favorite, Thor, and Colin chose Captain America. And because we have 3 boys we took advantage of hand me downs and Logan wore one of Evan's old costumes, a dog. Unfortunately, that costume will be going in the trash after this years Halloween due to the zipper being broken. But, with a safety pin, Logan was good to go and nobody noticed.
Colin and I showed up early to pick up Evan from school, so that we could go to his Halloween party. Evan was obviously hyped up for the evening festivities and was acting very crazy, but I think he liked having us there.
After picking up the two younger boys it was off to home to get everyone dressed in their costumes. As soon as Logan saw the older boys get their costumes on, he grabbed his and brought it over to me, he loves being part of the action. Dennis got home just in time for us to walk over to a neighbors for a Halloween pre-trick or treating party. We had this tradition at our old house in Virginia. So, it was nice to see that one of the neighbors here does the same thing.
We decided Dennis would go home with Logan to hand out candy while I stayed with Colin and Evan to trick or treat. A large group of us that were all at the party all went together. This made for a fun time for the boys. They were running from house to house with the other kids. I was happy we chose not to have Logan trick or treat because there is no way he would have been able to keep up. I think the trick or treating at his school was probably enough for his age. Evan got tired half way through, so when we hit our house he stayed home with Dennis and I took Colin to another section of the neighborhood.
Unfortunately, handing out candy wasn't too fun for Dennis this year. We bought a ton of candy anticipating all the kids in the neighborhood. However, because our small strip of road still has a lot of empty lots and is sandwiched between two circles, it seems that most of the trick or treaters didn't venture our way. So, not only do we have Evan and Colin's huge buckets of candy we also have all the candy we bought. Dennis is taking a lot to work with him to give away, but that still leaves us with a ton. I guess that 5-10lbs I want to loose will have to wait...
Evan supposedly asked Dennis if smarties make you smart and he was dead serious! If only all this candy made us all smart....
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