Happy Halloween!
For once in Chicago it didn't rain or snow on Halloween. It seems like every year Halloween means inclement weather which of course hampers how long you trick or treat and how far you'll actually travel.
This year was the first year in about 10 years that it was a beautiful fall afternoon for trick or treating. We walked all over our neighborhood and back. The kids got a ton of candy and boy were they tired. I sure was too!
Halloween kicked off with the elementary school parade (Austen's first year not doing it since he's in middle school now). Peyton was all too happy to come home for lunch, get on her costume and get back to school for the afternoon's festivities. After the parade, I helped out in Peyton's classroom for their annual Halloween party.
After school, we dropped Austen off at his friend's house to trick or treat with a lot of other 6th graders. Despite not loving to dress up, he really enjoys seeing how much candy he can collect as he literally runs from house to house. This year he didn't come home with that many king sized candy bars as he said he gave a lot away to kids who didn't get as much as he did. I'm sure some of them were girls as somehow they always meet up with a group of girls (hey, it pays when one of your guy friends has a twin sister and her friends are hanging around too). Note this was the first year since he was really little that he didn't dress up in a sports costume!
Peyton got to trick or treat with her friends too as we met up with three of her friends and their parents. Papa came too and we sipped hot spiked cider, chatted and walked all over town trying to keep up with the 3rd graders.
Hailey held her own, keeping pace with the older ones though she didn't want to skip any houses when we would tell her to skip a house or two so she would be ahead of the older ones instead of trailing behind. In fact, at one house she ran into a group of Austen's other friends and followed them into one of their houses. She didn't seem to mind though as they said "Hi Hailey!" I think that was the point where we almost lost sight of her because we thought she was with Peyton's group and instead she went off with the boys. Good thing Papa was paying attention or our little T-rex may have dissolved into a bout of tears on the sidewalk when she realized we had left her!
All in all, a good Halloween though. The weather certainly makes the difference!
This year was the first year in about 10 years that it was a beautiful fall afternoon for trick or treating. We walked all over our neighborhood and back. The kids got a ton of candy and boy were they tired. I sure was too!
Halloween kicked off with the elementary school parade (Austen's first year not doing it since he's in middle school now). Peyton was all too happy to come home for lunch, get on her costume and get back to school for the afternoon's festivities. After the parade, I helped out in Peyton's classroom for their annual Halloween party.
After school, we dropped Austen off at his friend's house to trick or treat with a lot of other 6th graders. Despite not loving to dress up, he really enjoys seeing how much candy he can collect as he literally runs from house to house. This year he didn't come home with that many king sized candy bars as he said he gave a lot away to kids who didn't get as much as he did. I'm sure some of them were girls as somehow they always meet up with a group of girls (hey, it pays when one of your guy friends has a twin sister and her friends are hanging around too). Note this was the first year since he was really little that he didn't dress up in a sports costume!
Peyton got to trick or treat with her friends too as we met up with three of her friends and their parents. Papa came too and we sipped hot spiked cider, chatted and walked all over town trying to keep up with the 3rd graders.
Hailey held her own, keeping pace with the older ones though she didn't want to skip any houses when we would tell her to skip a house or two so she would be ahead of the older ones instead of trailing behind. In fact, at one house she ran into a group of Austen's other friends and followed them into one of their houses. She didn't seem to mind though as they said "Hi Hailey!" I think that was the point where we almost lost sight of her because we thought she was with Peyton's group and instead she went off with the boys. Good thing Papa was paying attention or our little T-rex may have dissolved into a bout of tears on the sidewalk when she realized we had left her!
All in all, a good Halloween though. The weather certainly makes the difference!
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| School parade! |
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| Austen's scary Halloween costume. Good thing he didn't have his glowing red eyes in! |
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| Our Little T-Rex! |
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| She's a Fox! |
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