Halloween

Yes, I know I'm behind. :) Better late than never, right? 

So...just for the sake of recording it...we had a very low key Halloween. Boys had friends here and these three made the rounds in our neighborhood:

Micah is Batman (in his own patched together costume using Harry Potter's cloak, Boba Fett's belt and duct tape for an emblem on his chest...he bought the mask for $5...all this was because I'd already purchased the Drax costume for Comic Con this year and the deal was that he wear that for Halloween also or make his own...which he did happily). Asher is Star Lord (as he was for Comic Con), and James is Kylo Ren (from the new Star Wars movie). 

It was bittersweet as we sent them out the door on their own. They actually trick or treated on their own last year also, but that was out of someone else's house so seemed easier, lol. But. They're 10, 13 and 14. And our neighborhood is lovely. And it was fine. :) 

They came home sooner than we expected, too. It was kind of weird. We'd thought they'd be all about going to as many houses as they could, but they returned after just a portion of the neighborhood and declared they had enough candy and were just going to play games together...which was hilarious. 

Meanwhile, Noah and Gabe had their traditional "we're too old to bother with trick or treating so we're going to hang out together and play games instead" time. This was year four, I think. 

And Nathan and I manned the door, expecting loads of trick or treaters given the gorgeous weather. We were wrong. We got only a few (maybe a couple dozen?) trick or treaters, when we've gotten hundreds in the past. I'm thinking that since Halloween fell on a Saturday this year, many folks went to parties instead. Which is fine. Except I can't have all that candy left in my house (and we had a LOT). ;)

So, you're welcome, those last three groups of older kids that came to our door and left with multiple handfuls of candy each...and thank you. ;) (Nathan actually just dumped what was left into the bags at the end and then turned out the lights. Those kids got a heap of candy from us, lol.) 

And that was our Halloween this year. :)