Halloween Fun

I'm a few weeks late in posting about Halloween! It was a busy day. In the morning I took the kids to my work. Mason refused to wear his Mike costume (from Monsters, Inc), but didn't have a problem still asking for candy (he wouldn't say Trick or Treat--just please). He had a bag full of treats before we left! Tristyn was super cute in her Ragmuffin Doll outfit. She was so tired that she fell asleep on my shoulder--which she normally doesn't do. We were there for over an hour because I couldn't drag Mason away from this M&M dispensing fire truck that my coworker, Rebecca, had on her desk. She ended up giving it to him (probably just to get him out of her hair!). He loves it and took it everywhere he went for a couple of days (and still pushes it around the house). This photo was the next day when he helped Dan rake leaves.

Then I took the kids to Dan's work downtown. It was the first time we'd visited his new office and we found that it's quite an ordeal to get there because of construction. Mason still wouldn't put on his costume! The nice thing is that both kids were asleep before I got on the freeway!

That evening we forced Mason into part of his costume (he was missing the eye, the shoe covers and the hard hat) and walked to the ward party. Our neighbor had just raked his leaves and Mason couldn't resist shuffling through them! I'm sure the neighbor really appreciated it!

After the party we made our way through the Trunk or Treating and hit a few homes on the way back. We have a few neighbors that go all out to decorate for holidays! I was really surprised that Mason dared go to this door, but he learned quickly that they give you candy whether the porch is scary or not!

Tristyn was a real trooper during the whole thing! She just loved being able to sit up and look around.

We were finally able to get the eye and hat on Mason's costume so he could finish trick or treating at our own house. You can see that we had to bribe him--he had suckers in both hands!

Mason really didn't want to come in, so he and Dan sat on the porch and handed candy out to the kids. He ended up having a really fun time knocking on doors and gathering candy. Hopefully he'll remember next year that it's worth putting a costume on!

While the boys were outside, Tristyn and I sifted through Mason's candy! Yum!

Halloween came and went way too quickly, but we're finding that is how a lot of things are going these days!