Halloween was once again a fun and memorable holiday for our family. All of our kids who were old enough to know they had the option to, changed their costumes in the last hour or so before trick-or-treating. Out of desperation, Cat put on my old high school cheerleading uniform. And it almost fit her. Jack colored a wolf mask that I found online and donned raggedy clothes to become a werewolf. Eliza assembled a princess costume, borrowing a tiara from Cat, and with Cat doing her hair and makeup. Luke wore last year's lion costume and managed to rock it for the second time.
We kicked things off with our now-traditional Jack-o-Lantern pizza. (We used to have crock pot chili before trick-or-treating, but decided to make a change. I like the idea of having something easy like hot dogs before going out, but they're so junky that I nixed that idea and replaced it with the almost-as-junky but much-more-time-consuming homemade pizza. I'm pretty smart that way.)
Cat was invited to go trick-or-treating with a friend at her grandparents' neighborhood, which we have now verified gives out ridiculous amounts of candy. Of course, it helps that Cat and her friend basically ran from house to house. Cat carried my old cheerleading bag with her and it was about half full of candy when she got home. (Click here to see Cat wearing the same uniform four years ago.)
Ben and I took the younger three trick-or-treating in our little neighborhood and didn't even make it to all of the houses before the kids were ready to go home. They had a great time, though, and enjoyed plenty of candy anyway.
When we got home, the kids got ready for bed and we all watched the original Star Wars movie together. The kids loved that, too, and have been talking of Star Wars, drawing Star Wars pictures (including during church...), light saber fighting, and watching Star Wars related videos on YouTube, ever since.
It was a fun night for everyone!
Thanks for the great video!
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