We had a lot of fun trick or treating around town yesterday! The weather was incredibly agreeable, the sugar was flowing, and best of all, the kids were on point!!! Dekker is SO much more confident this year, which made for less tears and more anticipation. Rowan was the tough one, as he was pretty unsteady and wildly unaware of what was going on, but he was still terribly cute. We went to pretty much every house together, since Rowan needed backup, and Solly was eye candy that couldn’t be missed, but at one point, Brady and I loaded the little boys into the van and I offered to Dekker and Laela to go to the house that was right next to us. And they did, without hesitation. I watched, of course, and overheard Dekker knock on the door and mutter “uuuhhh…trick or treating…” It was pretty much hysterical! They really all did great.
Roll call!
Dekker was the least interested in Halloween than any other kid his age that I’ve met. He requested that I choose for him. So I borrowed a costume for his school dress up day, but for Halloween evening, we decided to just cover him in glow sticks. And he LOVED it. Pretty sure he’ll want to “be” this again next year!
Laela rocked a concept costume as well. She asked to be purple this year. And purple she is!!! This isn’t the clearest picture, but she has purple lips, eyeshadow, and blush on too. And purple glow sticks, of course.
Rowan was our football player. I think his costume looked the most legit, personally. His football pants were teeny tiny girls fleece pants, hahaha! Didn’t matter, he was warm!
Solly was a lion, and a FUN one! While some parents actually plan ahead and have face paints, I created his look with a couple of shades of liquid lipstick, and he rocked it.
We went out and hit up a good handful of houses, but it didn’t take long for at least one of the group to bow out.
We didn’t stay out too long, since the kids don’t need THAT much candy, haha! But we had a really really nice time. Everyone went to bed happy.
Even Brady and I. Its possible we played with the glow sticks for juuust a little while before bed.
No. We’re not weirdos at all. Ok, its possible that we are actually really really strange, but at least we haven’t lost or sense of fun!