this year, halloween was such a great time. calvary decided long ago that he wanted to go as woody or buzz for a costume. after the phenomenon of toy story 3, harper decided to go as jessie. we went up to stephen and christy's house on saturday and cooked out and tried trick or treating. as far as loading up on candy, that experience was a bit of a failure. but as far as having fun, the kids had more than their share. the only house that was passing out candy was far more scary than i have ever allowed my kids to go to before. it was only once i looked at the pictures that i realized how scary it really was. thankfully, the kids really didn't seem to notice. after trick or treating, we went back to their house for a bonfire where we roasted the new ENORMOUS marshmallows. they are so big that when harper sees the old big ones she says that they are "cute little marshmallows". it was while supervising 5 kids roasting marshmallows that alex decided to swipe a marshmallow from the pile. he relished every minute of his new find and took advantage of christy allowing him to live it up for night. we made it back home around 10:00. the kids were understandably exhausted, but i am pretty sure they thought it was all worth it. we had the cutest cast of toy story ever...especially since we had doubles of a couple characters. jack was supposed to be an alien, but we couldn't find the costume in time. the next afternoon all the fun started over again. kyle's mom celebrated her birthday and so we carried over a cake (even though i am quite sure we were all on sugar overload by this point) and then headed over to poppy and julie's house. margo dressed as a little flower and kept saying that we were going "trick tricky". julie made pigs in the blanket that looked like mummies. after dinner we headed out to beg for candy. we were nervous because their neighborhood had gone trick or treating on saturday, but we just hoped they could get candy from a couple of houses. we were pleasantly surprised because several houses opened their doors and gave the kids handfuls of candy. by the time it got a bit darker several kids were out. this was the night that jack started to feel really sick with his ear infection, so thankfully everyone was ready to go in earlier.
we are so thankful for the friends we have and for the kids that make this event so much fun.
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