Halloween

A rare picture of the entire group! Colton decided to go as a Ninja. Which is a far cry from his costume of last year, when he was a....Ninja. And the year before, when he dressed up as a adorable little.... Ninja. He's nothing if not consistent. And Hunter ("My brother's Darth Vader") finally got his turn in the evil spotlight. Avery reeeealllly wanted to be this pumpkin, but I think that once she got it on, she kinda had costume envy. Something to do with the wings on the little pink fairy. And Kaia was rockin' the cat walk. :)


We let the school-aged kids roam the neighborhood on their own, but these two little trick-or-treater's were escorted around by their father. Skylar said (after it was over) that she wanted to wear the same costume next year because "everyone said I was adorable!" Nothing like positive feedback to feed the soul, is there?

The weather was so warm (in the 60's-- which I know is a cold snap in Florida, but on Halloween in the midwest, it's WARM!) that we actually sat out on the porch to hand out treats and hear the jokes.

I had to give Mr. Ghostie his own shot! Well, mostly. He had to share the spotlight (so to speak) with Avery's and Colton's Jack-O-Lanterns.

The kids got waaaaaayyyy too much candy. We've got 4 freezer bags (gallon size!) full of the loot! Surprisingly, there were a lot of houses that gave away full-sized candy bars. We're letting them enjoy the feeling of being "candy rich" for now, but plan on culling it down to personal favorites soon... so we aren't doing the "candy for snack" thing indefinitely.