Halloween

Halloween was a great one this year and the first time that it hadn't rained Halloween night in 3 years.  We painted/carved our pumpkins a few days prior while reading "Room on the Broom" as with tradition.  Caelin painted her pumpkin with a smiley face on one side and an angel on the other while Cade had Daddy help carve his into a face and then put one of his pocket knives in the side of it.  I guess that pretty much sums up the girl vs boy decoration of pumpkins, ha!  After school on Halloween night, the kids wanted to go trick or treating right away, but we did our best to get dinner squeezed in before heading to meet up with neighbors and friends in a nearby culdesac. Cade was a Redcat Football player and wore his uniform.  I especially loved how all the boys had decided to use pillowcases to collect candy this year.  Caelin was Alex Morgan with the US girls soccer team. Both looked great and had such a great time. They cracked me up as while we were trick or treating, the kids organized a group to come to our house for a "candy trade".  It was exactly as it sounds, and the kids sat around the kitchen table while negotiating and trading candy together. The adults stood around laughing until it was time to wrap up the evening. We finished the evening handing out candy for another 45 minutes.  I would say the day was a success as no one had any problems falling asleep after such a busy day! Ha!