October is a month that seemed to last about 31 seconds in our house instead of 31 days this year. With two birthdays, a Gotcha Day, the State Fair, a weekend trip to the beach, several birthday parties outside our family to attend, just having gotten back from our anniversary hiking extravaganza in Utah, an all day zoo field trip and then Halloween, it seemed like the month vanished more quickly than the candy displays in stores.
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| It was the first night in ten years that we didn't trick or treat with the C4 family. Impending weather kept them in their neighborhood. We still had quite the candy haul and enjoyed ourselves, but it wasn't the same without them! |
This year we had (in age order) a Smartie Pants, a mime (who did an amazing job of staying in character...silent all night), a cowgirl, Inky ghost (from PacMan...costume making a reappearance, the Avenger suit he ordered was "too scratchy" at the neck), Lilo and Spiderman.
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| unfortunately the best shot of miss smartie from the night |
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| He only broke character and spoke once...to express his extreme displeasure that the lightning we saw was cutting our trick or treat time short. |
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cutest cowgirl this side of the mississippi
(with a little inky action) |
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| pac man got a power up! |
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| Lilo had a time keeping Stitch from eating all her candy! |
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this year we picked up a new friend to trick or treat with
spiderman and his zombie buddy |
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| the older kids decided to trick or treat "one last year" so we left our pumpkins glowing with a trick or treat bowl on the porch |
And of course, what would Halloween be without "the Great Candy Swap?" I love listening to the bargaining as kids angle to collect as much as possible of their favorites. The favorites per kid were Peanut M&Ms, Reeses cups, Maltese malt balls, 100 Grands, Tootsie Rolls and "anything as long as it is CANDY!"
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