Happy Halloween! There was a moment or two when I wondered if Halloween was still going to be allowed, but alas we all sighed a breath of relief when the okay was given by our government and got our trick-or-treat on! It started with Trunk-or-Treating though first. I often have these moments of "I'm too tired for this" after getting all the other kids ready, but somehow this year I found my second wind and all of these poor Primary children got to say hello to this friendly clown handing out candy. Tee hee?! Sorry kids. Jackson and Noah were no better! Noah got this cool mask online and Jackson wanted to be clever and go as a Plague Doctor. We both thought it was so original... until he went to school and found ten other kids with the same costume. Haha!
As per usual, the kids all broke off into their group of friends this year. L-R: Jackson, William Moore, Devon Patrucha, Jack Doney and Noah. I haven't seen these boys for a few years straight because they always meet at Doney's for pizza and then head out. I'm glad they're good friends.
Eleanor has a new (maybe not so new) obsession with Harry Potter. She's been reading the series of books all year, so it was only natural that she would want to dress as Hermoine. She went trick or treating with her friend Shea Rolfson.
Zoe dressed up as a deer. Ironic that the pumpkin she carved got eaten by her very own brother! A REAL DEER! Whoops. We should have known better. The deer take over our yard every year. Thankfully Zoe had a good sense of humour about it. This was the first year Zoe decided to trick or treat with a friend rather than her siblings! It was so weird to only have Jane to take out, but the kids all had fun. Zoe went with Miriam Steed.
And here is Jane as Wonder Woman. I never plan for these things with her because she usually changes her mind right up until we leave. She was going to be a Princess and then a fairy and then a unicorn and the list goes on. She settled on this just minutes before we left.
Like I said, it was so weird just having one child to take around. It brought me back to when we just had Jackson. And even then, he would have been two and we would have had Noah in a stroller. So. Maybe this was the first time having just ONE kid! Weird. But Jane felt very special.
This was Joe's set up in front of our house. People got really creative with their set-ups trying to hand out candy in a covid-friendly way. There were a few homes that were closed for business this year and no haunted houses were allowed, but all in all, it was still a fun evening. Although Zoe admitted that she was a little shy about not having me around for trick-or-treating which warmed my heart. I missed her too.
And this is what counts most anyway! The candy!!
Halloween is not complete without sugar cookies. Whatever Jane demands, Jane gets.
Halloween is also not complete without pumpkins. We had two very sad children by the time pumpkins were finished. Can you tell which children they are? Any big family activity usually ends up in tears one way or another, so I should just expect this by now! Haha! But I think we did pretty good this year. Great job guys!
Listening to Halloween tunes always gets us pumped. We had some Monster Mash, Thriller, Beetle Juice soundtrack, Nightmare Before Christmas. Lots of smiles. This was before children started crying. Haha! Happy Halloween!
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