Happy Halloween!

The kids are blessed to have a Grams who can sew and make beautiful costumes. This year, Belle and Gaston. Not sure how many more years Abby will be able to convince Noah to dress like her so we are enjoying it while we can.  Yes Abby does have on her cowboy boots. She would sleep in them if we would let her. The weather was nice, in the 50's so they didn't put their coats on until the end of the night.

The neighbor girl Mary had called and asked us to trick or treat with her and her brother, John. Abby was so excited. Mary is a year older and loves to play with Abby. John only made it to two houses before calling it a night.  Noah refused to be in this picture.

Noah had no fear getting up there to get candy. At each house, he started behind the girls, but quickly walked around them or pushed his way to the front.  He was so proud of each piece of candy he got!  Our neighborhood is older, so there were very few houses with lights on.  But those that did gave the kids some great treats! This woman gave them quarters and candy.

Happy girls, it's so fun to listen to their conversations. They were discussing how hard it was to get their costumes on and off.

Abby's planned joke for the night: "What building has the most stories?......A library!"

Mary was telling a joke about cows.  So, apparently Abby decided to make up her own joke.  She did this on the spot at one of the doors.  "What cow makes the most milk?.....The BIG one!"  I was pretty impressed....heh.

After almost an hour of trick or treating, we called it a night.  Noah was pretty tired and ready for bed.  But not before a treat. He had his first snickers bar.  Yes, that is drool mixed with chocolate in lines on his shirt.

Then he helped Abby look through her bag of goodies.

He had to make sure there wasn't anything bad in the bag...

He sure was happy about everything she had.