Trick or Treats

This Halloween was so much fun.  There was so much I loved about it.  The first being of course seeing my two in such adorable costumes.  Whitney looked so pretty in her Cinderella outfit.  She sat patiently while I pinned her hair into a bun.  There there was Colin dressed as Kermit.  It was so stinkin cute I could barely stand it.  And he was such a good sport about it all and loved sucking on all the wrapped candy.

Kermie!

 Off to School!

Hurricane Sandy was brewing on Monday morning, so we took advantage and had fun painting pumpkins.  Then Whitney and Aunt M made some Mickey cookies. Sandy did leave us without power starting Monday night at 6pm.  So, we got up Tuesday morning and made it out to Leesburg by 9am.  Thank goodness we have family close by and that they had power!

Luckily, Whitney's school was only on a one hour delay on Wednesday and the kids got to have their Halloween party and Trunk or Treat parade.  My Mom, my Aunt Helen, and little Kermit and I joined the other parents to hand out candy out of our trunk.  You are supposed to decorate your trunk but I just didn't find the time to do that, so luckily Colin did the job!  The school director even came over to include him in the pictures.  The kids filed out in a line and got to Trunk or Treat and get 30 pieces of candy.  Needless to say, we have way too much candy in this house!

All smiles!

Whitney saying, "Mama what is Colin eating"?

 "Patiently" waiting to be dismissed. 

Then after naps we packed up and made it back to Falls Church (thankfully we had power back) to Trick or Treat one last time before we move.  It was kind of a quiet night since surrounding neighborhoods still didn't have power.  But we had a blast starting over at Auntie Ann's, Marguerite held down the fort handing out candy, while we did our Trick or Treating.  As many of you know Whitney is not a fan of talking to strangers (a good thing), but she did an amazing job saying Trick or Treat and saying Thank you.  Tim and I were very proud.

 Colin made it to three houses before it was time for his dinner bottle that Auntie Ann gave him.

We came back to our house to hand out candy.  This might have been more exciting than trick or treating.  Whitney had so much fun handing out candy and wishing everyone a Happy Halloween.  It was so cute!  One of my other favorite things of the night was how she was calling the kids coming to the door trick or treats.  Every time the door bell rang she would run yelling "More trick or treats are here"!  By the end of the night Tim had her saying trick or treaters but it was so funny.

She did get to have a few pieces of candy earlier in the day from her school, and then after trick or treating she knew that two was the limit.  She did a great job sticking with that and was actually in bed by 8:30pm.  A very successful night!

 I want candy!!!