No Tricks, all Treats (Sunday Snapshot)

October,

tuck tiny candy bars in my pockets

and carve my smile into a thousand pumpkins.... Merry October!

 

~Rainbow Rowell

Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story. 

~Mason Cooley

They start talking about Halloween starting in early September,

and Will usually has thought of what he'd like to dress up a good 6 months

before Halloween. His costumes get a lot of wear as he wears them at home frequently.

This year he went as Ironman and Grace is a 'Weeping Angel.'

I took very few photos of our Halloween evening because it was a rainy one but it didn't stop my trick or treaters by any means.

Probably my favorite image was the candid one below as they checked out their loot in between houses.

 

It may have rained but they still had a great time!





Favorite Photo Friday - no tricks, just treats

Halloween started with a costume parade, followed by class parties at Grace and Will's school.
Will's class were all Monarch butterflies and that's him flying away from his teacher.
In the evening he became Green Lantern.

I fully intended to take a lot of pics of the evening but it just didn't happen.
When our oldest (Nick) stopped by to see the kids in their costumes and then
volunteered to pass out candy,
Grace and I ventured out with a friend of hers.
Dan went with Will and some of his friends.

 

It was definitely a success as far as candy totals went...

I think Grace counted 142 pieces for herself. 

Yikes!

 

44/52 - Halloween fun

Just a glimpse of our Princess from India and Green Lantern taken the day before Halloween.

This year I decided to take a few pics of Grace and Will

before trick or treating because that evening is pretty wild and crazy

and I usually don't have time to get any of the two of them together.

I'm saving our Halloween night ones to put on the blog Friday.

I did get a few snapshots of the festivities.

43/52 - 4 more days

In our house there is a 9 and a 5 year old who are practically giddy

with anticipation about one little day that happens to fall on Oct. 31.

Costumes are ready for wearing and candy's been purchased.

(It's been hidden somewhere and I just hope I can find it in time).   ;)

anticipation...

'On Halloween night, the Great Pumpkin rises from his pumpkin patch and flies

through the air with his bag of toys to all the children.'

~ Linus

'When black cats prowl and pumpkins gleam,

May luck be yours on halloween!'

~ unknown

Well, we're almost there.

 Every day for the last 6 weeks or so I've been asked, "Is it Halloween yet?"

We've had a dress rehearsal this week with

 class parties, a Halloween parade and Grace wore her witch

costume to her dance classes.

Will pretty much wears his costume 24/7 lately.

Sunday afternoon we'll be celebrating by attending an annual neighborhood party

 and then going trick or treating afterwards.

Happy Halloween from our cute witch and little Batman!

(more pictures to follow next week)