No {Tricks}, but Lots of {Treats}!

I love Halloween!  It may be my favorite holiday, or at least a close tie with Christmas!  I just get so excited along with the kids...their energy is contagious!  It's so fun going out and seeing all the neighbors and the cute costumes...and it was a perfect night!

{Stop...in the name of the law!}

Alex wanted to have a curly mustache and I think his hat was crooked all night!  ha!  He looked so funny!

Emily was a good witch...of course with her own special touch...

She picked out these sparkly red eyelashes and had to have them!  I only wish I had been able to attach them better...they aren't quite on her eyelashes...but she loved them!  And I think everyone had to say something about them all night long!

Even Ellie, our busy little bee, got a few treats too!  She had a great time watching all the activity in the streets!

It always seems like a frenzy trying to get ready for trick-or-treating, and this year was no different!  I had teacher conference with Alex's teacher right after school...and great to hear that he is doing so good!  He's doing wonderful with his math and reading, but her only advice for him was to take his time!  On one of his timed reading tests, it showed that it didn't take him very long!  ha!  He still passed, but he does the same thing at home, and wants to be done with his work!  He also needs to work on his handwriting.  {Just like his daddy! haha!}  It is hard since he is left-handed, but when he takes his time, he has great hand-writing.  I get so nervous thinking about ISTEP and the teacher just cautioned that if his writing is hard to read, it could be counted wrong!  yikes! 

After conference, we hurried home to finish up homework and eat and then get all dressed up! 

We made it in time to greet our first trick-or-treater!  She is our next-door neighbor, and I love her cupcake costume!

Then off to get our own fun treats!

Alex was always way ahead of us...so it just worked out better, because Emily wanted to go to the door herself to say trick-or-treat!  Alex said we were too slow!  He also enjoyed blowing  his whistle at us to  hurry up! 

{keepin' the peace in the neighborhood!}

haha!  I love  seeing the pets dressed up too!  Dorothy even had on her ruby slippers!  Too cute!

 We went through the whole neighborhood this year and hit most of the houses...and still had time to pass out candy at home!  Alex and Emily love to hand out candy just as much as they enjoy collecting it!

Ellie watched from inside...until she wanted to go out and  join them!

We always buy tons of candy and I think it's going to be way too much...but it always runs out.  We only had to turn a few people away after we ran out.

And there's always tons more to replace it!

{Emily wanted to count her goodies...so of course Alex had to count his too and make sure she didn't get more!  They both ended up with about 150 pieces!  Good thing Emily has a dentist appointment on Monday!}

It was a great night!  And although I'm ready to put the Christmas tree up now...I'm sad that October is over! 

 See you next year!