Happy Halloween!

Today, we ventured out to the suburbs for our annual trick or treating fun with Austen and Peyton and their three cousins.

It was a perfect start to the day. We had pizza and cake and celebrated my nephew's birthday and then the kids put on their costumes and headed around the neighborhood. Austen, dressed as a baseball player, took off at lighting speed. You would have thought that he knew all about trying to maximize the number of houses you went to to try to get the most candy. He was literally running from house to house ahead of all the big kids. We had to tell him to slow down! We heard him asking the people handing out candy "Can I have one or five?" What? We have no idea where that came from! He did a great job of trick or treating for his sister, carrying her treat bag around too. Sometimes in his rush to get to the next house, he inadvertently got confused and headed to the back door (he's not used to seeing these bigger homes in the suburbs with corner lots and nice walkways to the backyard!). He came home with two big bags full of candy (his and Peyton's) and there were a lot of tears when we told him it was time to go.

Peyton's first halloween was a momentous one. She dressed up as a ladybug and we thought she would surely pass out in the stroller as we walked around the neighborhood, but she stayed awake the entire two hours or so we were out. Her brother filled her treat bag and I am sure will eat her candy. Just think that next year at this time, she'll be trailing these guys all on her own!

Hope everyone had a great Halloween.