Trick or Treat, Smell my Feet!

What a fun Halloween!! The children are just perfect ages for fun and even better than last year, it didn’t rain!!!!  We had to take care of some business first though….Avery had to get her flu shot (mist) late that afternoon, which actually worked out great because I got to leave work early. After the dr, we went to pick up Bubba, who had just returned to school from his day at the Y.  Will actually got to wear his costume to track out yesterday and as a result it was pretty dirty and I was actually kind of upset. Mainly because I knew this was going to happen. So maybe I shouldn’t have been upset. He was funny though…..”Can’t you just sew some yellow fabric over the dirty parts?” Um, no.

I changed Avery into her costume in the back of the van at school and then we jetted over to Mimi’s house for trick or treating. 

They each got a few pieces of candy and 2 new books. Can’t wait to read them this weekend!

Back to the house we head for a little down time as we waited on Daddy, pizzas, and our friends the Lingg’s. This is at least the 3^rd year in a row they have trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. It is always so much fun to have someone to talk to and for the kids to have someone to run around with.

A few pics before they burst out the front door!

I love that one of Will and his "women"!!!

And they were off. Sprinting.  Will and Gabrielle never slacked off the whole night.  Samantha faded first and she and her Dad spent a bit sitting out, fueling up on candy.  Avery lasted a long time…we were just a few houses away from being done when she slowed down, yelling “Wait up for Sissy”.  Which was just especially cute because she never calls herself that.

The problem with Halloween pics is you always get their worst side!!!

Three houses into the night, Will is doing the pee-pee dance on the front porch. We try desperately to get him to run home and use the restroom. He loudly declines over and over and instead just starts running in a circle because “running in a circle makes it go away.”  Well, only for about 5 houses at a time because about every 5^th house, we would catch him running in a circle while waiting for someone to come to the door or for the other trick-or-treaters in our group to get their loot.

Another funny story, and embarrassing too, was what my children were evidently saying at the door.  I didn’t walk all the way up to many doors with them, but one of the other parents did. I heard him at one point tell Will and Avery to maybe not sing the whole song because it took so long. Better yet, why don’t they just say trick or treat.  And then I found out what they were singing….the “trick or treat, smell my feet…….or I’ll pull down your under…..”  Yes, nice job kids.  The worst part, I actually think Will learned this song at Sunday School!!!

 It was a successful and fun night, for sure!