The boys were so excited to dress up in their costumes.
Since Rylan didn't have school, I took him to a few library storytimes where the kids were encouraged to dress up so I put his costume on first thing in the morning. It was cool and I didn't think he'd wear the top of costume all day so I put him in a long sleeve shirt. That was a mistake because he was SO HOT in the libraries but he REFUSED to let me take the top of his costume off to even just take the shirt off. He was in love with being dressed up. But his poor face was beat red from being so hot! Rylan even took a nap in his costume. He also slept in it Wednesday night but I was able to coax him out of the top of the costume (though he still wore his pants and the long sleeve top he'd been in all day).
The second we got home from school, Carter put his costume on. It wasn't quite as durable as Rylan's but he still managed to keep it in good shape.
Before we left our house, I got the boys to take a picture in their costumes in front of our pumpkins. Rylan wore the shark costume that Carter wore last year and Carter had a monster costume we found on sale a few months ago at Brilliant Sky & Books. (This is the first costume not from Old Navy that we've had - I found a pair of dragon costumes at Old Navy for next year for $5 each on clearance that I'm hoping they still want to wear next year!)
Missy got a bounce house about a week ago which was a big hit.
Carter had a blast driving Will's jeep around the yard. He's becoming a much better driver and didn't run anyone over this time (and only ran into one tree).
We eventually headed in for dinner (notice Will and Luke weren't in their costumes yet - they weren't addicted to their costumes and only wore them for the actual trick or treating).
Missy ordered pizza and I supplied the "Mummy Hotdogs" ...
And "Oreo Eyeballs" ...
After dinner it was time to trick or treat. We got a few group shots and were off.
Will and Luke were both monkeys (both our boys were monkeys in 2010 and Rylan was a monkey again in 2011 - Luke is now the third wearer of the costume!).
Carter and Rylan were pros (though I'm not sure how much Rylan actually said "trick or treat" or "thank you").
Carter and Will were always in the lead heading to the next house. Rylan made Brian hold him and Missy was holding Luke most of the time.
There were a couple of houses with a ton of decorations. One even had all it's lights synchronized to music like some people do for Christmas! This one was a little scary for the boys with it's large decorations and tons of smoke!
You had to walk under the cat to get to the door!
These boys all had a blast!
"Look at all my candy!"
Both boys got quite a bit of candy for not being out too long (30-40 minutes).
Luckily neither one likes much of it (though it's good stuff like Snickers and M&Ms). They rarely have candy and I guess just don't have much of taste for chocolate yet :) They will eat their DumDum lollipops but usually are done with them when they are only half gone. And if I happen to say something like "I don't think you'll like that" they either put it back or if they do try it, automatically say they don't like it. Also, I told Carter that he'd get a tummy ache if he ate too much so he also usually cuts himself off at 2 pieces of candy and tells me he doesn't want to get sick.
I'm not complaining though - I'd rather them not eat much candy! Though I'm having to restrain myself now from eating it!
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