Trick or Treating
The kids got 3 chances to try out their costumes this year. The first one was an impromptu trip to the Kent library with some of our friends for Halloween stories and a few pieces of candy.
The second time they wore their costumes was for the ward Trunk-or-Treat on Friday night. Great-Grandma Cochran, Great-Uncle Gayle, and Great-Aunt Margaret met us at the church and then joined us for a movie afterwards. I didn’t get to take many of pictures of the kids walking around because I was busy with Ila, but I managed to take one picture of Nicole retrieving candy from a decorated trunk:
The third and final costume event was trick-or-treating. Zach and I took the whole group out for a quick trip around our neighborhood. Ila enjoyed her first time trick-or-treating. Her sweet little voice was barely audible as she said “trick or treat†and “thank you.†We promised our big kids that if they were patient and stayed together with the family instead of racing ahead, that I’d take them out for some trick-or-treating in another neighborhood where they could go their own pace.
This was our first time trick-or-treating in Seattle and it was surprising how few kids we saw out. Almost every house we visited had a large bowl of candy and gave each kid multiple pieces. It didn’t take long for the kids to have a big stash to bring home. Charlotte loved all the Halloween decorations, especially the spiders on webs and the variety of carved pumpkins. A few times as were were walking away from a house she said “they gave me candy before I even said Trick-or-Treat!†She seemed to find that amusing. She was also very amused when someone accidently let their cat out and the cat looked like a fluffy version of Eustace:
When we got home, they sorted their candy and I thought their comments were so funny while they were sorting that I got out the video camera and made a few videos. Charlotte sorted her candy into what she referred to as her “delicious pile.â€
Isaac’s sort was more organized, but the way he mispronounced candy names was amusing. One of my favorite was “sneakers.â€