Catching up...

A week away from Thanksgiving you probably aren't expecting to see Halloween costumes, but since I slacked for three weeks the time was now or never:

Zach was pumped to wear his Red Power Ranger costume:

While Matt went into a full fledged meltdown in his Elmo costume:

After some snuggles from Grandma, and the promise of treats from his brother Matt reluctantly got into the wagon to head out trick or treating:Thanks to Grandma Alice we all were able to go trick or treating together while she passed out candy. Thank you Grandma! We were able to pause for a moment and snap a picture of the seven carved pumkins my husband prepared:Three of my favorites this year were

The Haunted House:

The Headless Horseman:

And the Owl I carved!

After we headed out, Dad took the boys up to the first house. Zach was so excited to get candy, and Matt was so excited to be out running around (He never did get back in that wagon the rest of the evening)

Here is Wayne and the boys:

And me and my little happier Elmo...our Power Ranger escort had run ahead to get candy:

It was a wonderful time. We ran into friends:

And ran wildly up the block.

The boys were done trick or treating after 45 minutes, and then we went home, took of our costumes and ate way too much candy. We've finally gotten rid of most of that stuff, just in time for our turkey feast, and of course Christmas cookies!