Halloween Fun!

On Wednesday night we headed out for Halloween trick-or-treating with Jeff, Lori, Noah, Lexi, and Tori, and Grandma. We went to Jeff and Lori’s new neighborhood, and there were a lot of kids out and about. It looks like it’s going to be a really great subdivision for Jeff and Lori and the kids. Elijah was really in to the candy getting thing, and would run up the driveways behind Lexi and Tori and Noah, then stand there and yell trick-or-treat with them. I was proud of him that I rarely had to tell him to say thank you – he just said it by himself!

At one house Eli had taken his monkey head off, so it was kind of hard to tell what he was. The guy at the door said, “What are you?” and Elijah replied, “I’m Elijah!” I told Eli, “You’re a monkey,” and then Eli pointed at the guy’s dog and said, “You’re a puppy!” The guy got a kick out of that little exchange!

The only bummer of the evening was that it started raining and being quite windy not too long after we started out. After about 40 minutes or so we were all pretty wet and cold, so we headed back to the car. The kids had plenty of candy and had had fun. And Elijah told me so when I was buckling him in the car. I was just getting him in when he gave a sigh and then said, “Had a fun day.” I said, “You had a fun day, sweetie?” and he said, “Yep, had a fun day!”

When we got him home Eli dumped out his candy and dug in! Then Grandma made hot chocolate for everyone – nummy nummy and just the thing after a wet and cold evening. Of course, after all that sugar Eli was totally wound up and bouncing off the walls. He eventually wound down, but he did go to bed later than usual! What a great Halloween! As Eli said we, “had fun day!”

A ticked off monkey, Legolas the Elf, a firefighter, and Snow White! First a treat - stopping at Jeff and Lori's new house!I've got to run to keep my monkey legs not too far behind!

A princess, a monkey, and a firefighter, oh my!

Trick-or-treat!It's cold and wet, but I'm still having fun!

Elijah dumps out his bucket to inspect his treats.I don't know what you're saying Mom, I'm in a sugar coma.

I declare that we all eat candy until we're sick!

Eli scares Mommy with the big blue spider he picked out!

This was such a fun day! Let's do it again tomorrow!