Even with that warning, the boys didn’t seem to mind being pirates for the second year in a row...and they were just as cute the second time as they were the first! In fact, they obviously know how the “costume rotation” works in this house because they didn’t even entertain the thought of being anything other than pirates...and I was glad! I guess I could have tried to talk them into being Earthworm Jim or Freakazoid, both of which we had costumes for because those were the things that Chris requested to be (and I had made) when he was 9 and 10 years old. It just probably wouldn’t have been any fun for them to be someone that they don’t even know...nor would anyone else (but Chris) for that matter!
With Halloween being on a Sunday this year, that meant we had to celebrate beforehand...so it turned into a weekend of celebrating! On Thursday, both kids had their class Halloween parties, on Friday night we had our ward party, which included a carnival, a hay ride (which Rod was giving with his 4 wheeler hauling the wagon) and trunk or treating, then on Saturday night, we did our normal trick or treating. I really hoped the boys would get enough candy at the trunk or treat so that we wouldn’t have to go out on Saturday night too, but they ended up having to share a bag and so they only got enough candy for one person. Needless to say, we ended up going out on Saturday night too!
Hayden at his class party
Connor and his "matey", Zachary GatesOur normal trick or treating tradition that we’ve done for probably 9 years now is to start at the Chatelains for a picture of the boys with Millie. Then we trick or treat in their neighborhood, which is the subdivision behind where we live and then come home. Of course, Rod doesn’t like to go out at all, so he opts to stay home and give out candy while we’re gone....but as soon as we leave he turns out all of the lights and goes into our room to watch TV, so how many trick or treaters do you think he really gets?
This year we decided to break tradition...much to Rod’s chagrin! To begin with, it rained most of the afternoon, so we weren’t even sure that we’d get to go at all. Then when it stopped raining just before 6:00, the Hedins called and wanted us to come go with them…and pull the trailer (that we used for the party last night) for the kids to ride on as we went! We’d already had to unload the hay earlier in the day because of the rain, so all we had was the trailer and Rod really didn’t want to go, but he came anyway!
The Hedins took their 17 year old special needs son, Mason trick or treating with us and he added a whole new dimension to trick or treating. First of all, we had a hard time getting him to go to the door with the kids, then once we got him there, we had a hard time getting him to move on. Eventually, the kids got on the trailer to get a ride around the corner to the next house...and then we couldn’t get Mason to leave the trailer alone. He either wanted to ride on it or when he wasn’t riding, he’d run behind it with his bucket of candy banging at his side as he ran. It was an interesting way to trick or treat!
We went all the way around their block and when we got back to the Hedin’s, we left them and went to trick or treat in another subdivision in our ward where we heard you could get “big candybars” at one of the houses. We weren’t sure exactly which house though, so we had Rod drop us off and we went up and down the whole neighborhood and never did find the house that gave out big candybars...but we lost Rod!
Eventually we dropped off Rod and went back to get our picture at the Chatelains, but we almost didn’t even get that because they weren’t answering their door. However, when they didn’t answer the first time, we decided to go trick or treating along their street and found someone that was giving out “big candybars”, so maybe it was a good thing the Chatelains hadn’t answered their door?! We stopped at their house one last time before we went home and this time we could hear them inside so we weren’t going away until they answered the door...and they finally did!
The boys and all of their "loot"
While I wouldn’t want to drag out Halloween like that every year, we sure had a good time this year!
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