Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet, Give me Something Good to Eat!

Matthew/Indiana Jones, Rachel/Super Pajama Girl, Lauren/Snow White & Ethan/Indecisive

Ethan went to one door and the man said he must be dressed up like an ugly teenager. Steve and I laughed, but Ethan didn't think it was too funny. He is at a funny age, too cool to dress up, yet still young enough to want to.
We gave the kids a few options this year.
A. We always have the ward Trunk or Treat Party.
B. A friend told me about a big carnival like thing at the Merril Center (where we would get dinner and candy and games and rides and etc...)
C. Of course, good old trick or treating.

We actually talked the kids into going the Merril Center first. So off we went....but when we got there was not a single car in the parking lot. Apparently, they weren't having it this year. Talk about wasted trick or treating time.

It actually turned out to be a great success. The kids bags were full after we finished trick or treating around our house. That is the whole reason for Halloween right? All the CANDY!!!!

Well, Steve came up with this brilliant idea. After having so much fun getting all the candy and as they kids were laying it all out over the floor, Steve told them that he would buy their candy from them. They could keep 15 pieces of their choice and then give the rest to him for $5. It was great. Matthew was the only that had to think about it for a little while before he gave in. And Lauren, the candy queen, even thought it was a brilliant idea, especially after I told her she could buy a barbie or Polly Pockets with her money.

She was the one we needed to get the candy away from the soonest. You could see the sugar working in her. As we were trick or treating, Steve and I would just look at each other and start laughing she was so wired. Poor little thing! You also have to remember that we didn't feed our kids dinner tonight because we thought we were going to eat at the Merril Center. So they were all chowing down on their candy.

Lauren insisted on wearing her princess shoes, even after I got her some comfy ones to wear just for this, and she wore them almost the whole night. It was just long enough to get 5 major blisters on her cute little feet. I felt so bad for her. But I don't think she cared....she was getting candy.

Lauren and our neighbors Ileana & Alex. Lauren and Ileana will be starting Kindergarten together.

Rachel & Lauren with Rachel's twin friends from school and girl scouts, Rachel & Hannah.

Lauren will do anything for candy.
It is fun to see people get so into Halloween. Especially since I don't.

This one of Matthew's favorite pastimes. He loves to organize and group thing. So of course he would do this with all of his candy.
Ethan just has his CAN eat pile and his CAN NOT eat pile. He is such a trooper when it comes to not being able to eat all the yummy stuff the rest of get to eat. It works out kind of nice for mom and dad sometimes, because we get all the good milk chocolate candy that Ethan can't have.