277 Treats & 1 Trick

Halloween could not have been more fun! (Ok, it could have been a little warmer and a lot less windy but that's just minor.) I never really got into Halloween before we had kids. I liked dressing up in college and handing out candy to kids when we bought our house but for me, I could have gone without it. Now, it ranks up there pretty close to Christmas! It was so fun dressing Alexa and Braden up and taking them trick-or-treating, they both loved it.

Here they are, Halloween children of 2009:
The Butterfly Princess & The Ducky

We spent the day at the MN Zoo. They were handing out treats and had the place all fancied up for the day. The sun actually came out for awhile so we were able to go outside and see some of those animals and play on their big playground.



Pretty sure this one is the cutest ducky that has ever hatched.



And of course later that night we got all dressed back up for trick-or-treating around town. We were kind of excited so we got all ready then had to sit around waiting for it to get dark so we could go. It took a good 5 houses for Alexa to get the hang of things. The first few we went to she was "too shy" to say anything but a few more down she was telling us to "stay here" so she could go up to the house by herself. She was so excited, she would walk up to the house and knock and yell trick-or-treat to everyone, then she would get her candy and say "THANKS" as she walked away. There were several people that said she was the best mannered kid out there...which isn't too hard to believe considering at one point as we were waiting at a door Alexa got pinned to the wall from other (bigger) kids pushing their way to the front. That didn't make Mama very happy, I was about ready to give them a trick of my own....just kidding, of course. (But not really) We stayed out for about an hour and a half and I think the kids would have been fine going more except we stopped at a friends house down the road and ended up staying there for the rest of the night. Operation Candy was a success and the guys at Matt's work will be excited to see all the goodies they get tomorrow.


Oh yeah, the trick....

We were walking up to one house and some punk kid came jumping and yelling out of the bushes with some huge fake ax thing and a mask on, I don't think it phased Alexa one bit but I can't really say for sure because I was too busy screaming and peeing my pants. (Just a little) :) I only share because after the fact it was kind of funny and you can have a laugh at my expense. You're welcome. :)