Halloween Part 2: Trick or Treating

 

Cause that's what it's really all about - the bags full of candy. 

 

Our house was a flurry of activity leading up to the designated hour.  Nolan had city playoff for volleyball which they won (the next night they played in the semifinal and lost - so sad) and mom and I were trying to get the chocolate fondant made for our big chocolate dipping day on Saturday. It was a tad crazy as we stuffed kids into customs and tried to pin them down for a picture or two.

 

 

 

Jarom was a Ghost buster - he kept the neighbour safe from getting slimmed.

 

Their friends came over and I quickly got a group shot before they were off and running.

(Spencer Northcott, Matthew Nesom, Nolan, Barrett, Greg Northcott and Jarom)

 

They stuck with Barrett for a couple of house and then they were off - not to be seen again until their pillow cases were full of enough chips, chocolate bars, suckers, gum, gummy candy and Tootsie rolls to provide weeks of sugar crazed tummy aches and sleepless nights.

 

It took Barrett one house to figure out the game plan.  He knocked on the door, yelled trick or treat - or his two year old version of it, said "thank-you", then "you're welcome" and ran to the next house. 

Halloween Part 1: The Carving

 

Pumpkin carving is beloved by everyone in our family.  There is plotting and planning and imaginations coming up with all sorts of spooky expressions.  This year they chose to forgo the store bought template and use their own designs.

 

Spencer's was a work of art - taking twice as long and still carving awhile the rest of us enjoyed our FHE treat.

 

Nolan was precise in his cutting.

 

Barrett though the bucket of "guts" was amazing and spend the night digging and flipping seeds all over the house.  He was a tad upset when Nolan got home from volleyball and he had to give up cleaning out his pumpkin to Nolan.

 

Four scary little pumpkins.