Halloween

Halloween in review. So, apparently Halloween is the best holiday ever invented. It actually took her a little while to decide that she wanted to go out trick-or-treating because it was just too much fun having all these kids show up to the door in costume. Handing out candy was a highlight for this kid. We eventually talked her into going around to see the neighbors, and once we were ready to go I noticed it was a little too quiet and Maddie was out of sight. I hunted down Maddie in the bathroom in my makeup bag. She was dressed in her Cinderella outfit ready to go, but dumped my brown loose blush powder all down the front of her costume. Cinderella magically turned into Tinker Bell in a matter of seconds.


She loved this job of passing out the goods. When it was time to go, I filled a small bowl with candy and left it on the porch. What do you think happened to the small bowl of candy when we returned???


I didn't get one shot of the Cinderella costume. It was so cute! But now it's off to the cleaners. Time for a reenactment.


It was just our little family out by ourselves this year. I think Annaliese would have enjoyed going with some other kids, we didn't even think to make plans for that this year. Definitely next year.
Which is why she probably got more spooked at houses, she was going up by herself. One house she flat refused to go up to (which isn't like her because she LOVES the Spirit superstore and all the scary Halloween decorations in the stores.) Finally the lady on the porch of the scary house walked all the way out to the curb where Annaliese wouldn't budge from. Annaliese got curbside service. Only when you're 4 and cute. I finally asked her why she wouldn't go up to that house when she loved the Spirit store. She pointed to she scary Halloween figures out front and said, "They don't sell those at Spirit."
We only did four courts and headed back home so we could drive to John Madden's house and get a couple giant Hershey bars. I was also curious about the candy on our front porch. Any guesses? Well the candy was STILL there. Still candy left in the small bowl. Such honest and polite children.
So then we loaded up the kids into the car and headed to the Madden's. Cliff and Joan, (Madden employee's who work with Jonathan) and their grown up kids pass out the Hershey bars every year. They did the Mad Hatter theme this year and it was really fantastic. Annaliese even talked about it the next day. It was fun!


Going back in time now to Saturday.... This was Annaliese getting ready to head to the trunk-r-treat at the church. This is costume number 3 for Annaliese this Halloween. The snow princess. I did a last minute Alice costume because my Witch costume was not very flattering. But then again...neither was the Alice costume. I'll put more thought into a costume next year. Making lots of plans for next year. (I'm going to forget all this by tomorrow.)


Ben and Siri came out with the boys. Annaliese loves them and had so much fun going from car to car trick-r-treating with them. There were at least 50 or 60 cars that participated. Four rows in the parking lot. We didn't even get to them all. Some people got really elaborate with their decor. One person decorated a horse trailer and made it spooky as you went in to get candy. Annaliese went in a couple times.
Great holiday! Lots of fun. I only wish I bought candy that I don't like. We have a huge bowl leftover, and it's of the good stuff. Mental note: Next year buy nasty candy.