Halloween

Halloween was lots of fun this year.  Maddie and Micah already knew what to expect and so naturally they were super-excited, but Mason just had no idea what he was in for.  Halloween was on a Wednesday this year, which was really not the best night for us because the kids go to Awana that night.  But, we decided to skip out on Awana because they were just having a play night anyway, and trick-or-treat the neighborhood instead.  Right when Maddie got home from school, we quickly changed into our costumes and went to visit Mimi and Papa for a few minutes.  They always love going to Mimi and Papa's house so that was fun for them, of course!

Posing with Mimi and Papa

 

After we left Mimi and Papa's, we ran through a drive-through to pick up a quick dinner and then headed home to eat and then get ready to head out.  After we ate, it was still pretty light out so we told them we were going to wait a bit before heading out, but we quickly noticed that there were plenty of trick-or-treaters already out.  So we headed out as well.  It took a few times for Mason to get the hang of it, but after just a couple of houses, he figured it out and was having a ball.  He was funny though because after they gave him candy, he just kept standing there.  I guess he was waiting for more!  And he looked so stinking cute that lots of people did give him more :)  He never caught on to saying "trick-or-treat" though, but I have a feeling that next year he will catch on pretty quick!  Once again, Mason insisted on walking the entire way and made it more than two streets before he starting tiring out.  So Mark took him home to hand out candy and the big kids and I continued to trick or treat until they were tired too.  We all handed out candy until we ran out, then headed in the house to gorge ourselves on candy.  Well, Mason actually went to bed before the gorging started.  And the only one that really gorged was Micah - he ate so much candy I thought he would throw up.  I always let them eat lots of candy on Halloween night, which often makes them tired of it and then they don't beg for it after that.  And Micah certainly took advantage of his candy-eating liberty!