Halloween 2009

Lots of photos of Harper, not many of Lucy, who was off playing with her friends instead of posing for photos. Lucy also walked ahead of us much of the night as she was on a mission. Harper, who had no idea at the beginning of the night that you were able to go begging for the sweet stuff and folks actually delivered, quickly caught on. She buzzed up to the first house held out her bag, recieved compliments and candy and was on her way. No slowing her down, there was candy to be gotten, and she as the bee to do it. Neither of the girls were spooked by anything, in fact, I think they preferred the houses that were decorated with skeletons and spiders, monsters and ghosts. I had chosen a small bag for Harper thinking that she would lose interest early on and that she wouldn't be able to carry much anyways. I was wrong, she wanted her bag full, a candy bar in the other hand and her sights on the next house. She would climb up a step to go to another door and spill her whole bag and when she walked across a lumpy yard she would leave a trail of candy like Gretal. She only noticed once that I was emptying her bag into Lucy's so that she could continue to fill her tiny little pumpkin.

Earlier in the day the Parrish and Caroline joined us for a few hours. The kids got ready for trick or treating by listening to Lucy's Candyland Mix Cd that we made for bday party favors. The favorites were "I want candy" and "Lollipop, Lollipop" with all 4 kids dancing and singing around the house. Then at 5 o'clock, on the dot, Ronin and X showed up, ready for tongue tattoos, arm tattoos, candy and running through the neighborhood. We avoided most of the rain and the weather was actually very warm and humid. Once trick or treating was ended and the kids had looked through their loot and filled their tummies with sugar, they climbed into their pjs- Harper off to bed dreaming sweet dreams and Lucy and her friends off to watch a movie. A late night for Lu and she woke up several times in the middle of the night but she awoke Sunday morning looking for a sugar fix. To remedy the rainy day, sugar buzzed frenzy that was our house, Ian took the girls to the rec center for swimming. They crashed this afternoon and were ready for more candy. See a trend? I am sure we will let them indulge for a few more days. The more candy they eat, the less I do.