Double Dipping

This year the kids wanted to go trick-or-treating in our neighborhood...which is not known for its abundance of trick-or-treaters. So we told them to go ahead, but they'd probably be disappointed. So, Friday after school they got their costumes on and headed out the door, which was wierd because this was the first time we didn't go with them. After about an hour they came home with a bag full of candy - the BIG stuff - because neighbors knew there wouldn't be many out - they really splurged!

Afterwards, we had a neighborhood party at our house. That was fun, but in all the excitement I didn't take a single picture.

The next day Marc found out about a town next to us that had rescheduled trick-or-treating because of football playoffs, so my nieces came over and we packed up the 4 kids and headed out with them again. This was traditional Halloween - walking the downtown streets, crowds of kids and their parents. It was fun. But we noticed it was a bit like walking thru Wal-Mart. Let me tell you... I'm being catty... but it was hard to tell if some people were dressed up or if that was the norm for them. I wanted to tell one lady that just because it was the last $20 crushed white velour bride costume on the shelf that was about 3 sizes too small for her... didn't mean she really had to get it - much less wear it without a bra and a MUCH-NEEDED girdle underneath!!!

Anyways... the first night the kids dressed up as the Blue's Brothers. I didn't get a picture of them together. I'll have to make them dress up again so I can get that. But Sam is posing with his best friend (who was trick-or-treating for his first time ever). Notice the candy cigarettes. Nice, huh? The next pic is my kids and my nieces.