Trick or Treat!

We were counting down the days until Halloween at our house!  As expected, Eli and Owen made a game time decision on what costume was Trick or Treat worthy.  They went back and forth a bit before they settled on Iron Man and Spider Man. They were able to dress up as three different things leading up to Halloween!
Last weekend while cleaning out boxes at my parents, we came across a little cowboy outfit that was Ethan's when he was little that my grandmother made. It fit Cash perfectly, so cowboy it was.  He would only wear a fireman hat, refused to wear the cowboy hat, so we left all hats at home so I did not end up holding it.

Halloween afternoon, a few good friends came over with their kids for an early dinner and a chance to play with their friends in costume before we hit the streets. The boys are at such a fun age for Halloween and they were so excited.

They could not get out the door fast enough to Trick or Treat, so Blaine kicked it off by letting all the kids pick something out from our candy bowl and then we all headed out!  This was the first time Blaine has been off on Halloween since Eli was 1, so it was especially fun and special to have him him with us and at home in our new neighborhood!!!

 This kid did not hold back.  He loved every single minute of it.  I think he mostly enjoyed the freedom of walking around the neighborhood but he hung with the big kids the whole night, walking from door to door.

Eventually Cash's pumpkin got a little heavy and he found a nice driveway to sit down in and take a little candy inventory.

Our neighborhood was nuts!!!! People went all out with costumes and decorations.   After we all decided we had Trick or Treated enough, we all headed back to our house to sort through candy and pass some out.  I think the boys had just as much fun answering the door when the door bell rang.  Every time we opened the door it was 5 or 10 kids each time and the streets were crawling with kids. I don't think we anticipated so many kids!  After about 45 minutes, we ran out of candy and had to turn out our lights!