Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet, Give Me Something Good to Eat...

If You Don't, I Don't Care, I'll Pull Down Your Underwear!

Thanks to good 'ol Aunt Jodi we heard this chanted around our house for several days leading up to Halloween. I'm just glad the boys didn't recite it at any of the houses where we went trick-or-treating.

We had a really fun Halloween this year. We started the night out by having a BBQ with our neighbors. We fixed some hamburgers, but they were sorely out down by the delicious carne asada, bean, rice, dips, salsas, chips, etc, etc, etc...that our neighbors made. It was all so yummy and we all ate way too much! We camped out in their front yard and visited and had a good time. They had their yard all decorated for the night. It turned out so good, but I forgot to take pictures! As they were setting up throughout the day Ridge kept going out to see what was going on. He would hide behind my leg and peak around and growl at the scary dummies they were setting up in their yard. It was so cute. He didn't want to get too close, but he was sure to growl at them to try and scare them back.

John and the boys carved our pumpkin at the very last minute. We got so busy doing everything else that we almost forgot about our pumpkin. They had a fun time doing it and it turned out really cute.

The boys were really excited to dress up in their costumes. Ridge was a clown, Kyson was a race car driver, and Trey, as always, was a skeleton. (He has been a skeleton for three years in a row now.) They all loved their costumes and were so excited when it was finally time to put them on to go trick or treating! We went trick or treating around our neighborhood. It's just the perfect size for the little ones to walk around without getting too worn out. Kyson had a bit of a scare at one of the houses that was pretty funny (to me, not him). They kids knocked on the door and patiently awaited yet another handful of candy, but this time they got a bit of a surprise. A man answered the door fully dressed as some kind of goblin carrying an ax and let out a spooky yell. The kids jumped back, and after realizing it was a trick, Trey and Kate started laughing. Kyson however, was petrified, and I mean truly petrified. He could not move. He first let out a yell, but then quickly turned to crying. I called for him to come to me, but he literally could not move. I had to walk up the sidewalk and pick him up and carry him. The poor guy was scared to death! It took him several more houses before he was back in control and when he was he said,"Mom, we're never going back to that house again, right?" I assured him we wouldn't and then he was back on his merry way to trick or treating. It was quite the adventure. The boys made out with a good haul of candy and had a lot of fun with their friends.

I'm not sure how I missed getting solo pictures of Trey and Kyson, but Ridge was sure to get in on the action. He made a cute little clown!

Happy Halloween!