Halloween

I started Halloween with an early morning run at Crowder Park. The fall colors were so pretty. It was a gorgeous day so after completing some morning chores at home, we all headed to a fun park for a picnic. Ben and I had fun playing with the kids on the playground and enjoying the great weather.

The kids got so excited about all the old costumes when we brought them out of the attic that we didn't end up buying any costumes this year. Simon was an elephant, Oliver wanted to be the same astronaut as last year, Elsa was a vampire (same costume from a few years ago) and Amelia was a huntress (but basically wore the same costume as last year). We went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood in the evening. The girls got to ride around in a wagon pulled by our neighbor's four-wheeler. They loved it. They stayed out about an hour longer than us and went to another neighborhood down the street. The girls ended up with a ridiculous amount of candy. The boys had fun trick-or-treating on our street. There are only about 20 houses but they all hand out a ton of candy, and even some full-size candy bars. It was fun to watch the kids sort their candy at the end of the night and make trades. The girls just end up stashing theirs away and hardly eat any of it.