Happy Halloween

We had a fabulous Halloween this year. The festivities started the weekend before, and while I was working, Steve carved the pumpkins with the kiddos. Realistically, he did pretty much all the carving, but the kids drew on the pumpkins and helped scrape them out.


Super Dad also saved and washed all the seeds, and then roasted them in the oven. The kids LOVED the roasted pumpkin seeds (as did Mom and Dad).


We decided to spend Halloween evening with Steve's cousin's family out in Lincoln, which ended up being so much fun. The kids ALWAYS love hanging out with their cousins, especially dressed in costume! And I was absolutely floored that we got a photo of all six of them looking at the camera and smiling.


Debbie dressed Hayden as the cutest little clown ever. Isn't he absolutely adorable?


Then we joined a bunch of the neighborhood kids and went door to door. Debbie's neighborhood is so fabulous because it's full of young families and people go all out decorating. There were so many kids and families out on the streets and it felt so festive!


Paige gets the award for being our much aggressive trick-or-treater. She would squeeze her way right through a pack of bigger kids to get at the front of the "candy line". And when I asked her how she was enjoying her trick-or-treating... she flashed me a thumbs up!


Then it was back to Debbie's house to look through the bounty. This is only a very very small fraction of what they got, and the next day we sent pounds of candy to Steve's office (which they're still eating a week later).


All in all... it was a fabulous Halloween, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the whole event through the eyes of my children. It brings me back to the joy and excitement I had as a kid every Halloween!