“Trick-or-Treat!”

While Halloween is one of my most favorite holidays, I have to confess that I do not enjoy trick-or-treating! The kids got to participate in a ton of fun Halloween events this year, and we enjoyed each one, but I was dreading the actual trick-or-treating on the big night.

I guess having low expectations made for a nice surprise, because we ended up having a blast!

Alice in Wonderland and The White Rabbit started their night early with a visit to Grandmamma and Granddaddy’s house.

{Yes, it’s probably pregnancy hormones, but seeing these two walking hand-in-hand to the front door-looking so old!- brings tears to my eyes. Please stop growing!}”Emory totally got the concept of going door-to-door, saying “trick-or-treat”, then getting candy this year and it was fun to see her so excited. But in true Emory-fashion, she got a little shy when she got to the door and forgot what to do. On the other hand, Watson had no clue what he was supposed to do, but I think he could smell that there was something edible on the other side of the door, and surprisingly he enjoyed the trick-or-treating as well! He got excited and left his ‘pocket watch’ behind. Apparently getting candy from the grandparents is so last generation because both sets had fun {non-candy} treats waiting for the kids. While I think the kids are spoiled enough and need not-one-more thing, I appreciated a few less candy bars or gummy bears in their candy bags. Of course, Baby Boy can’t go more then five minutes without a snack, so he did dig into a few edible treats too. Next we headed to visit Mimi and Papa. Emory was playing her shy card {hence the hand in the mouth} and Watson had already spotted Harley, so they were not in the mood for posing.After a quick hello, we headed out to hit a few more houses in Mimi and Papa’s neighborhood. I couldn’t believe Watson was getting candy like a big boy! And Emory was being so very polite and letting him dig in first! Baby Girl was having such a wonderful time!After declaring “Look! I have so much candy!” after only three houses, we gladly called it a night and headed back to Mimi and Papa’s for dinner. First, we had to inventory our loot. And we even got to have a little taste before dinner! Emory was glued to the front door waiting on other trick-or-treaters to come by.

We’re not excited about taking down all of our ghosts and spiders and candy corns around the house, but we had a wonderfully fun final night of Halloween celebration!