Halloween Treats

Yesterday was beggers night here in West Des Moines. Colette did a great job getting costumes ready for the kids. They were very excited to go "trick or treating" to the neighbors houses. It was a beautiful night, we couldn't have asked for a better night to go out.

The evening started at supper time. I had class at 6pm but decided I would rather go trick or treating with the kids than go to class. I emailed my professor and told her I was taking the kids "trick or treating" and she told me she was glad to see my priorities were in the right place.

We sat down to eat supper, and Brayton, knowing he was going to get to eat lots of candy that night pretty much refused to eat any supper. I threatened him multiple times with making him stay home if he didn't eat his supper. He didn't seem to really get it until Colette started putting Lauren into her costume. I think at that point he realized I wasn't joking and would have made him stay home. I ended up having to spoon feed him myself, but he did stop refusing to eat and did finish his dinner so he got to go "trick or treating."

This year, Lauren was an angel. She was so pretty in her little white dress with her angel wings and white bow in her hair. She had a little pixy wand, but that ended up getting tossed on the ground and going into dad's back pocket. Brayton was a lion, and we even worked on his "ROAR" but he didn't want to do it when we were ringing peoples doorbells. Colette was a nurse, and gave me a short spell of deja vu when I walked into the house and she was dressed in her old work clothes. I was taken back to a time when she was still working for Dr. Lemon.

We tried to get some pictures together as a family, but the kids weren't having it. They were ready to go and get their treats. It was a wonderful night, and everyone had a great time.

Here's a little video of Brayton ringing the neighbors doorbell and getting some candy. Notice Brayton's tail for his lion suit. That cracked me up, watching that tail wag as he walked up and down the sidewalk.

Lauren was really cute when she was getting her candy too. She was all excited to pick her treats out of the neighbors bowls. Once she figured out what she was doing, she would grab the treat, put it in her bag, and then wouldn't put the bag down when we got home. I could just see it in her face, she thought she was going to get to eat all her treats right there.