Happy Halloween!!

Halloween this year was a blast! It was James' first year of trick or treating, and our first Halloween exploring the new neighborhood.

We had a little gathering with the Kellys to celebrate this candy holiday.  I think James enjoyed mom's preparations for the party as much as the party itself.

Cookies!

Gotta love his technique...

"Thanks Mom!"

It was fun to bring out some Halloween decorations!

James also contributed to the party decor!

Our pumpkin family greeted trick or treaters.

This year's costume: Thomas The Train!  Thomas has been a favorite for months.

Tutu and Papi came over to hand out candy and be with Mikayla so that Matt and I could both take James out while Mikayla stayed warm inside.

Ginger as a purple dragon! (Fierce, isn't she?)

And Darla as a pretty little ladybug.  Darla assumed the task of handing out candy to trick or treaters while we were at the house.  Each time the door bell rang Darla would yell, "Visitors!"

We ate a quick dinner and these kids were ready to go!

We only had to make it through one cul de sac to fill their buckets. Still, the kids took turns riding in the wagon to rest their feet!

It took a few houses for James to pickup the candy-taking concept.  Once he figured it out though, he was not shy!

These three were so cute walking up to each door by themselves!

One house had this scary hand in their candy bucket.  It would grab for trick or treaters when they went to take a candy.  The girls dodged it but James was not afraid, he went for it!

Melanie dressed up! Always love her costumes!!!

Ginger couldn't wait to get back to the house and decided to take a sample from her candy stash.

When we got back the kids had fun examining their loot!

Ginger had lots of kisses for Mikayla.  

I think baby girl was happy when the kids came back so that she could celebrate Halloween with them too.

She is such a happy little one!

We had so many trick or treaters, I was afraid we might run out of candy!  Our neighborhood really goes all out for Halloween, I had no idea.  One neighbor even told me that they bring busses full of kids to trick or treat here!

Next year will be even more fun when Mikayla is able to trick or treat with us!