Halloween!

Halloween is great.  I don't get the origins and the scary stuff, and it's annoying to have the kids eat candy for days, but it's a fun tradition and out of the ordinary and welcomes in the holiday season so I'm on board!  Plus, dress-up is fun.  Avery is a zombie bride and I plan on learning to work with some real Halloween make-up next year (just bought some on Clearance!).  This year we just used my eye-liner on her lips and put a bunch of my eye-shadow around her eyes.  She wanted red lips, but I don't even own lip stick.  Avery's attitude towards her costume was of "my mom made me wear this".  Next year she wants to be something scary.  The only reason I'm okay with this shift in attitude is because I still have Finley to dress-up!

Finley is the cutest lady bug!!  Henry was going to be Thomas the Train and refused to wear the adorable gnome costume I bought him last year on clearance.  However, last minute he decided to go along with the caterpillar costume, thus creating a "love bug" theme out of my two youngest =)  He knocked on one door and there were large dogs so he ran back to the sidewalk.  But when he saw the man handing out candy, he ran back up the porch steps saying "trick or treat!".  Finley waddled around until she got two pieces of candy, one for each hand.  I took her home and she ate her candy and went to bed.  She was pretty happy.  I love how her costume accentuates those cheeks!!

Tate still wears whatever I buy him like a good boy =) He was a stealth ninja who stayed out longer than any of the others and has lots of candy.  He's also in my good graces because he's so generous with his candy =)

We watched tv and ate candy and the kids jumped up to hand out candy to trick or treaters.  We ran out of candy at about 8pm.  This is a great neighborhood.  I love my little family and enjoy them so much during holiday traditions.