Halloween

We had a great, fun Halloween this year. I did have to work, but was able to get off at 3, just in time to enjoy most of the festivities. The day started with a party for the 2 big kids at one of the neighbor's houses. Nathan did a great job of getting them dressed up in their costumes while I was working, and they sure had a blast!
Since I'd had to work extra hours during the week to make up for getting off early for Halloween, I was crunched for time in getting the kids' pumpkins carved. I ended up doing one each day, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. They turned out really great, but because I had to do them in advance, they were a little shriveled by Halloween night. After I got off work on Halloween, I finished the last pumpkin. Whew! Cutting it close!
Because daylight savings came after Halloween this year (weird!), we went trick-or-treating a little bit later in the day, as we were waiting for the sun to go down before starting. Luckily, it was still fairly warm, and we didn't need coats. 2 years in a row of a warm Halloween. Dare I wish for another?! Trick-or-treating was fun, and Tattoo was the best part. He wasn't interested in going up to the doors (Kaiden had to collect treats for him). He was far more interested in playing with the toys left out in front yards. The very best part was the "drunk dragon walk." The costume was so padded, that he kind of waddled and ended up swerving a bit when walking. He was so funny!
Next in the festivities was over to Chris and Kelli's for their annual Halloween party. We got there too late for the kids to go trick-or-treating with the big kids, but Keyana and Kaiden took advantage of the opportunity to hand out the candy. Kelli had a computer set up on the kitchen counter that showed a camera feed from outside the front door. Keyana would sit there and watch for kids to come up so that she could run to the front door and hand out a treat.
All in all, it was a great day!