Halloween

Halloween seemed to creep up on me this year.  We didn't even get a pumpkin carved, but we did make cookies... if that counts?!  Ben was sleeping, so Emma got to 'decorate' them herself.  She made sure she made one special cookie for Ben and daddy though. 

The kids had SO much fun going trick-or-treating!  We started a bit earlier in the evening (about 5:30) and were out for about an hour.  I was amazed at how quickly Ben picked up on what to do to get candy!  He just about pounded down the doors if they weren't opened immediately.  It was pretty cute to see how excited they got.  Emma kept telling me, "I will go to another door and they will give me more candy!"  After a block Lennard went home and got the van so that we could warm up between houses.  It was cold!  Not a lot of snow, but a chilly wind.  Emma's witches hat kept blowing off, so by the end of the night we just left it in the van.  We rounded off the evening by calling Grandpa Nichols on Skype to show him their costumes and all the candy they got.  They were pretty excited to show him everything!

All ready to head out!

Love the little witch costume that Emma wore.

Scary skeleton ready to get 'more' candy!

Their 'loot' at the end of the night!  Emma calls them her 'special treats'.