As you may or may not remember, last year Cade threw up about twenty minutes before he was to go trick or treating, and the year before that, we were in NJ and had a freak snow storm that cancelled Halloween.  So Cade has not gone trick or treating for a few years now and has been anxiously awaiting this Halloween.  He has even included a plea in his family prayers for good health and weather this year.  And lucky for him, there was no tossing of the cookies and no freakish weather.  Here are the picture highlights.

Reagan got creative with the legos.

And I got creative with the pizza.  Ok, it was really Papa Murphy’s.  It was my attempt to get a picture of all four kids smiling.  I failed.

Three Heroes and a Princess

The Princess-No, excuse me, the FAIRY princess.

At one door the lady said, “Have a good night, Princess!” And Liberty informed her in no uncertain terms that she was a Fairy Princess, not a princess.  Big brother had done his work well.  Weeks ago  I bought her a princess costume because it was cheap, but figured I would not tell her about it and let her decide what she wanted to be.  They often change their minds.  Sure enough right about that time she started saying she wanted to be a butterfly instead.  She was jumping off every couch she could find because she’d recently seen a Tinkerbell movie.  She’d flap her “wings” and away she’d fly.  Well, Reagan knew I had the princess costume and so he used his lawyer skills to convince Liberty that she wanted to be a fairy princess.  It worked.  All we had to do was get her a pair of wings and she was happy.

Captain America

Bumblebee the Transformer

Harry Potter

It was the perfect fall night to go trick or treating.  Crunchy leaves under our feet, a chilly night and lots of little ghosts and goblins running around. 

I’m so glad this wonderful tradition hasn’t died out yet, even though the trunk or treaters and our paranoid society want to kill it.  It builds community and it’s fun!  I will say, however, that the kids got more candy than they’ve ever gotten in their lives.  They got more candy than I ever got in MY life. 

This little guy came and brought his brother Spider-man to go trick or treating with us. 

Love this one.  Don’t ask me why they decided to sit down right as it was time to go.  Libby couldn’t figure it out either.

The sorting.  Not into houses, but into peanuts/non peanuts.   

I love Halloween.  I love the decorations, the costumes, the parties and most of all Halloween Night.  But boy am I glad when October is over.  Whew!