Trick-or-Treat

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays... it is right up there with Christmas. There is nothing more fun than dressing up and eating candy. And, now, even though I rarely dress up, I find myself giddy just watching all the kidlets running from house to house in search of sweets. (except for those few middle/high school kids that come around with grocery bags and no costume... they take all the fun out of it.) Anyway, it turns out that it was our turn to have playgroup and so we hosted an interesting lot: Frog, Angel, Chicken, Bear, Dinosaur, Dragon, Bob the Builder, Fireman, and a Princess -- and 4 little siblings: Devil, Pumpkin, Dalmation, and a Bear. I can't get over how cute they all were!

Halloween was much different this year - The Little Man actually "got it". He figured out the whole knock on the door and get candy idea after just one house. I suppose you could say it was after the second house, because we practiced at our house - a dress rehearsal, if you will. :) Anyway, it was not difficult to get him home after hitting all the houses on our street, we just bribed him with candy. :) Amazingly enough, his eyes matched those of his little brother shortly after his head hit the pillow. Let's hope that it lasts all night... or at least until the sun comes up. We are still working on the time change, we can't do sugar-highs too!