Happy Halloween!

Finally Halloween has come. I was trying to come up with a theme for the kids to be this year, but we all kept disagreeing on what to be. I tried to get Adriana to be Tinkerbell and the boys be Captain Hook (since we already had that costume) and Peter Pan, but that wasn't flying with the kids. So I finally decided I would go ahead and let Adriana pick out her costume since she was going to be my hardest. So she picked out a Cinderella dress....of course! So not what do I do? I was going to try to find Joey a mouse costume and he could be gus gus, but I really didn't want to have to buy any more costumes. So next came my second hardest, Andrew. He changed his mind hourly on what he wanted to be so I had to wait until the last minute because I knew if I bought him anything he would no longer want to wear it by the time Halloween came around. So I looked in his closet to see what we already had. A cowboy, buz lightyear, spiderman, and Captain Hook. So I asked Andrew what he wanted to be and he kept telling me a cat. Well I finally told Andrew that his Captain Hook costume was a prince outfit, which was something else he wanted to be........woohoo he bought it! So now I have a prince and princess. Let's see what Joey has, a cow and a dragon costume. Yes a dragon will do. So now we are the fairy tale family, a prince, princess, and fierce dragon! Wow we really have a theme! Now if I had some nice clothes for Chris and I and some crowns we could have been the king and queen........ha!
Anyway here is a picture of the fairy tale bunch! After we finally got costumes all on, we headed down to mainstreet St. Charles to begin some trick or treat fun with friends. We met up early with my friend Debbie and her kids Chase and Reece, and my friend Christine and her kids Gabriel and Lilly. We did manage to get a picture of my kids with Chase, but Gabriel was being a little shy and decided to stay out of the picture.So off we went for trick or treating. It didn't take long for Andrew to get the hang of things watching his big sister. Along the way we also ran into my friend Whitney and her daughter Ava. We stopped for a break and a picture of the kids. The tired prince and princess took a break and sat on the rocking chairs. And the princess giving momma her best pose!After trick or treating down on Mainstreet we went home to grab a little dinner and rest a bit before going out again.
As night fall set we got ready for more candy. Adriana was so excited and ran to almost every house. Andrew was starting to get tired and had to be dragged along the way. Maybe it was because his hands were constantly stuck in the bag of candy too. Joey was so excited and wanted to walk to everyones house. I would only let him walk when we got to the driveways, which he really wasn't liking. Although he didn't get the trick or treat down, he definitely had to smile down pat which scored him lots of extra candy.
Here is a picture of the kids ringing the door of a neighbors house.Now whats a family to do with six bags of candy? Well the Halloween fairy comes and takes it all away! But of course she doesn't leave the kids empty handed. They each got a small gift she left for them. This saves mom and dad lots of money in dentist bills:)
We had a great night and can't wait to do it all over again next year!