It was quite a night as we celebrated what will probably be our last Halloween in Maryland!
It was a chilly 63 degrees at the start of trick-or-treating (we ALMOST had to put on coats!). The girls, having "tried on" their costumes for pretty much every day this month, were ready to go about 5 minutes after getting home from school (3 hours before trick or treating actually started). Matthew, however, refused to put on his head. He truly was Eeyore in that respect. Since Matthew was not really too anxious to go from house to house (running around in the dark was ok with him, just not the bothersome going to the houses part), he was designated as the candy-hander-outer. His first few attempts were not too successful as he pretty much stared at the kids with confusion, too stunned to even wave bye. But, after a few times he had it down, even chasing down a few kids to give them extra candy. When he wasn't busy handing out candy, he was busy trying to set himself on fire playing with the carved pumpkins (hmm...does my tail fit in the pumpkin's mouth???) He also tested the doorbell about 700 times to make sure it still worked. It's really a good thing we don't have a dog yet... The girls and dad returned, and we had injuries. See, when you pick out your costume you have to think of the footwear. We'll we didn't plan that part too well and we had blisters. Good thing Dad can carry more than one kid on his back. The candy was counted, sorted, some of it "donated" to other kids who were still trick-or-treating, and we had 4 very happy little kids by the end of the night.
Happy Halloween :)
