Happy Halloween!

 Halloween is always a favorite around our house. Well, except for me. I'm to excited for Christmas to really plan to much for Halloween. But we always seem to get a few traditions in, in spite of me.

Ben was going to be THING 2 but then he found the parrot that meant the world to him at the DI. He then became a pirate so that he could continue to carry around the parrot today.

Zeus. Those lightening bolts hurt.

James in true form.

Mark was/is THING 1.

Watch out. Who knows what he's going to do!!!

He actually skipped trick or treating so that he could finish his book about Gandhi.  Besides that, he graduated from trick-or-treating a couple of years ago. He was going to go to a party but Gandhi won out.

THING 1 and 2 together!

We went to the library  story time. The kids love Halloween games and the funny Halloween stories. This was a version of musical chairs.

Doing the hokey pokey!

Brothers together!

Ben thought this was so much fun. "How can I eat it with no hands!!"

Bobbing for cookies. Best game of the day!

We played at the park to get all of the super-excited-can't-wait-to-go-trick-or-treating wiggles out. Wow. There were A LOT of them!

  We handed out sample soap and lotion to the trick or treaters here. It was different and if I don't buy the can't I won't eat it!! We had mixed reviews. Some kids were pretty upset over the no candy but the little girls were super excited to have their own tiny bottle of lotion.

Happy Halloween!!