We're too old for trick-or-treat...

For the past several weeks Daniel and I have been asking the kids about their plans for Halloween. We wanted to get their costumes early before they got picked over. Owen didn't want to trick or treat. He didn't last year. All he wanted was a bag of his favorite candy and to stay at home. So we weren't surprised when that's what he wanted to do again this year, but when Sara joined the "I'm too old for trick-or-treat" chorus, we were in shock. Sara LOVES Halloween. She always has. Instead, she wanted her best friend to come for a sleepover. That was the plan...until 7PM on Halloween when the first trick-or-treater arrived. Suddenly, the kids (all 3 of them since Kaitlyn was with us) decided that they did want to go after all.

So, what do you do for a costume at 7 PM on Halloween? Raid the closets and the old toy chest, that's what. Thankfully, Kaitlyn had brought her costume from last year. Her plan had been to entertain the kiddies by dressing up and handing out the candy so she was some sort of Nordic barbarian (with fuzzy pink boots too....). Sara dressed in black (always a good bet on Oct. 31) and added Owen's Darth Vader mask, a red cape (leftover from a little red riding hood costume from a few years ago), and a light saber. Finally, Owen found parts of his old Zorro costume (mask and belt) and a sword to add to his solid black clothes. They pulled it all together in less than ten minutes and spent the next hour collecting all the candy in the neighborhood. Like the Friday night dance party, it was free and fun. In fact, they probably had more fun this year than ever before.