Trick-or-Treat

Sunday evening the boys were so excited to carve their pumpkins. After starting our scary Halloween music we got to work. They each picked out the face they wanted and did the majority of scooping out the innards of their own pumpkins.

For the most part Steve and I did the actual carving until I got brave and let Lucas take over on one of our extra pumpkins......

For some reason the white pumpkin was a lot easier to carve and using the specific carving tools Lucas was able to do the whole thing by himself!! Next year I will know that he is capable but sometimes I still have trouble relinquishing control of certain things. At least I am willing to admit it. :)

Monday morning Landon got dressed in his costume for his Halloween Party at school. He was so excited to hand out the goodie bags we had put together. I was surprised when he asked me to paint his face like a puppy. When I picked him up I thought all his makeup would be rubbed off but it did not look too bad. All the little girls at his school kept telling him how cute he was.

He had me wash his face and said we could paint it before he went trick-or-treating that night. We had Grandma Judy, Papa and Aunt Erin over for chili so they could see the boys all dressed up before heading out into the night. Aunt Erin went around the neighborhood with us which the boys really liked.

We made a pit stop back at the house to check our candy bowl and take a potty break before heading out to 10 more houses - that was the number Lucas came up with. Once we were done we walked to a haunted house a couple of blocks away. It is set up in someones garage and is done every year. Lucas wanted no part of it so Steve stayed behind with him while Landon and I ventured in. (The girl at the door had the "actors" tone it down for Landon since he was so young.) He touched what we both believed to be an old lady statue and when it moved Landon said it scared the jeebee's out of him. Our little man is fearless.

We finally got home a little after 8:00, to find that someone had emptied our whole bowl of candy into their bag. We know we did not have that many trick-or-treaters the last 45 minutes we were out. Irritating, next year we will just have to turn our lights off while we are out and about. Despite the fact, we had a fun-filled holiday. After taking a quick bath and reading one last Halloween story the boys and I were all ready for bed. Landon is already talking about what he wants to be next Halloween.