The Wizard of Oz Gang The Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothy, Tin Man, Lion & (taking the pix) Scarecrow
When we got home, the girls handed out some candy and then got down to business - examining the haul. They both got an unbelievable amount of candy for the number of houses we went to! It's hard to tell here (I think half the candy is behind Clara on the chair), but they each had enough to fill up the bowl that you hand the candy out in! They've been really enjoying their candy this year. They went through it that night (well, Gracie really did) and separated it into likes, don't likes and maybes. Mike & I were the benefactors of the don't likes (Kit Kats, can you believe it???? My favorite!).
Then the next fun part of the evening started - hanging out on the porch swing waiting for trick-or-treaters. We had left one bowl of candy out while we went around the block and most of that was gone, but we still had a second bowl of goodies to give out. We got a few trick-or-treaters, but not enough to satisfy the girls! They started up a chant "we need more trick-or-treaters" and would get especially excited when a car went by, trying to wave them down for treats. Around 9:00 we finally convinced them that all the trick-or-treaters were done. And that was that for Halloween 2008. Oh, except for the constant candy eating that is going on now. So far, they are managing to get a piece in the morning, afternoon and a couple in the evening!
Trick-or-Treating was a blast for the girls this year. They are both old enough to get the concept, last long enough to make it around our 1-mile loop and actually eat the candy themselves. JM was really just along for the ride. A few people decided he needed candy, but he mostly just got a walk around the block (and boy is he getting heavy - I decided to indulge in a few treats that night after that workout!).
We headed out early this year because the girls were really looking forward to handing out candy as well as trick-or-treating. So it was light when we started out and you could barely contain the girls' excitement. Gracie was skipping around the driveway singing "we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz..." We knew that kind of energy couldn't last though, so we decided to take along the
jogging stroller. After we got about 1/4 of the way around, it started getting put to good use! Although pushing 80 lbs of girls isn't a lot of fun - especially when you forget to fully inflate the tires (think no turning at all!). But Mike soldiered on, faithful tin man that he was. Do you like his hat? We got lucky and had silver spray paint leftover from Gracie's trike painting. That was one of the many things we did in the two hours after he got home from MS before we went trick-or-treating.
We headed out early this year because the girls were really looking forward to handing out candy as well as trick-or-treating. So it was light when we started out and you could barely contain the girls' excitement. Gracie was skipping around the driveway singing "we're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz..." We knew that kind of energy couldn't last though, so we decided to take along the
jogging stroller. After we got about 1/4 of the way around, it started getting put to good use! Although pushing 80 lbs of girls isn't a lot of fun - especially when you forget to fully inflate the tires (think no turning at all!). But Mike soldiered on, faithful tin man that he was. Do you like his hat? We got lucky and had silver spray paint leftover from Gracie's trike painting. That was one of the many things we did in the two hours after he got home from MS before we went trick-or-treating.
When we got home, the girls handed out some candy and then got down to business - examining the haul. They both got an unbelievable amount of candy for the number of houses we went to! It's hard to tell here (I think half the candy is behind Clara on the chair), but they each had enough to fill up the bowl that you hand the candy out in! They've been really enjoying their candy this year. They went through it that night (well, Gracie really did) and separated it into likes, don't likes and maybes. Mike & I were the benefactors of the don't likes (Kit Kats, can you believe it???? My favorite!).
Then the next fun part of the evening started - hanging out on the porch swing waiting for trick-or-treaters. We had left one bowl of candy out while we went around the block and most of that was gone, but we still had a second bowl of goodies to give out. We got a few trick-or-treaters, but not enough to satisfy the girls! They started up a chant "we need more trick-or-treaters" and would get especially excited when a car went by, trying to wave them down for treats. Around 9:00 we finally convinced them that all the trick-or-treaters were done. And that was that for Halloween 2008. Oh, except for the constant candy eating that is going on now. So far, they are managing to get a piece in the morning, afternoon and a couple in the evening!
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