Trick or Treat!

I think it is safe to say this was the best Halloween we have had to date.  As soon as we had Katelynn, holidays became more fun, but this Halloween was SOO MUCH fun because Katelynn was super into it all, and Justin loved it too! 

We started our evening at a friend's Halloween party.  The kids had food, a bounce house to play in, and of course cupcakes!

 We headed out to trick or treat in our friend's neighborhood that was hosting the party.  (Sadly, Justin didn't get to wear what I thought was the cutest part of his costume (his feet) because he wanted to walk too and he couldn't walk in them without tripping).

 Jonathan and I switched off on being festive and wearing a witch hat.  :)

After only a few houses, we realized why Justin was so willing to ride in the stroller for a change... he was eating his candy- wrapper and all!  So much for the "parental check" of the candy before eating!

After doing a block at our friend's neighborhood, we headed home and hit the houses around our house.  We ran into some of the neighbor kids we know.  Below is Katelynn and Carlee. 

 This is the third year in a row, we have trick or treated with our next door neighbor kids.  My kids love being able to follow the older kids around!

 Max (Ninja), Erika (genie/belly dancer), Justin (frog), Katelynn (witch- minus the hat that she would not trick or treat in!)

 We didn't get in the house until almost 8:30!  Let's just say we are all exhausted this morning.  Before going to bed though, we had to check out the loot!

In all, the kids had a blast!  Katelynn says her favorite part was going to the "spooky house".  There was a house that had their garage turned into a haunted house.  Katelynn didn't go in the garage, but she waved at one of the scary creatures and got candy from the woman who took pity on those that were too scared to go in :).  Justin by far just loved the candy.  He couldn't even wait for it to be opened!  He started saying "Trick or Treat" on our second round of trick or treating at home.  It was quite cute how he was running from house to house yelling trick or treat!   It was a super fun night!