Halloween 2009

Jackolanterns carved the afternoon of Halloween. Nothing like the last minute to get things done.

These were the dozen plus snails removed from the pumpkins when they were brought inside for carving. Who knew pumpkins were snail magnets?

This was the Halloween party at our clubhouse on Friday night. Both Owen and his friend Nate were Darth Vader. This was also the first time Owen had been out of the house in three days since he had strep throat that week. He was happy to see his friends and play!

And Halloween night. Before it started raining. That is Preston playing Yoda.

Nate is in the middle and Owen is on the right.

The rain was supposed to be gone for the evening, but it started back (after one very long, rainy week) about five houses into Trick or Treating. So we headed back home and the kids hit maybe ten houses total before going inside to count their candy and ask why other kids were still out Trick or Treating. But with Chloe having finished her antibiotics for strep throat the day that Owen got strep throat, we weren't about to take any chances of getting sick(er) kids from the cold and rain.

They still got plenty of candy. The next day, we played Trick or Treat upstairs. Todd sat in Owen's bedroom with a bucket of candy while I sat in Chloe's room with another bucket. The kids took turns knocking on the doors so we could tell them "Happy Halloween" and put more candy in their bags. I think that was more fun for them than going door-to-door on Halloween.