Trick or Treat!!

Friday Evening, ready to go to the mall....

I just love the little goatee we drew on Brad for the 'real' Karate Man look! lol!

Happy Halloween Everyone!

It was once again, a very sweet occasion at our place - and it happened TWICE this year! Because our mall and most stores are closed on Sundays, and halloween fell on a Sunday this year, the stores in town celebrated on Friday instead.
We thought it would be fun (and warm) to trick-or-treat in the mall again this year, so the boys dressed up and off we went.
It was a not exactly what we were expecting!
For those of you who have experienced Disney World, or an amusement park alike, think of high season line-ups and it would be a little like this. The mall was basically one giant line-up-loop that ran past all of the stores (moving at less than a snail's pace) and the kids got a little hard candy at each. Some stores ran out of candy before we made it around. This was supposed to be a 3 hour event, but within half an hour, most stores were out of candy - there were that many people!
The boys were happy with their tiny haul though, and enjoyed seeing all the other kid's costumes, so it was still a good evening - even if the trick or treating was not.

Sunday was the big haul. We went for Chinese (a tradition Dustin and I started years ago) and came home after to get the boys into their costumes and grab warmer clothes ourselves.
We went back into town (since we're living out in the country right now), stopping at Gramma & Grampa's first. Unfortunately, they weren't home so we and made our way to Zach's teacher's house and the boys got their first treats there. She had given her address to her whole class, and Zach thought it was pretty neat to trick-or-treat there.
Then we went around that block, made our way to Great Grandparent's, a friend's, and around yet another block. (I do have to mention that my dear hubby got cold and followed along in the car while this Super-Mom went door to door with the boys. I knew I wore my big parka for a reason!!)
Once the boys were saying they were cold and their bags were too heavy, we packed it in and came home to warm and sugar up.
It was a great evening, and the treats will last a loooong time!!

Bundled in multiple layers on the top and bottom under those suits. Add tuques and mittens and the looks was complete! We just couldn't get all that clothing under the spiderman costume, so Zach joined the Karate team (goatee-less though. Funny boy.)