Halloweeeeeeen - the happiest time of year!

I LOOOOOOVE Halloween! This year was especially fun since Nathan actually "got" it. Brian came home early from work and we carved our pumpkins (yeah, we were a little late on that, but we got them buy one, get one free for our procrastination!). We had a variety of costumes for the kids this year (especially Vivian) and we kept swapping them out. 

It was a little rainy and VERY cold so we just went to the few houses nearest us (the neighbors we know best). After about two houses Nathan was on a roll. "Go to 'nother house, Mama." He was hysterically shy given his enthusiasm in between houses. We would get to the door where he would ring the bell or knock, the door would open and he would stare (once again, these are people he knows). When prompted he would say a quiet "trick or treat" and "thank you," The door would close, and then he would grin and proclaim, "go to 'nother house, Mama!" The draw of getting candy for free was STRONG. His haul was pretty paltry, but man did he love it. We even let him eat some of it. Lucky monkey.