After sleeping in this morning, (thanks hubby!!!) I grabbed my camera card and started downloading. As mom bloggers, doesn’t it just go with the territory to post pictures of our kids all costumed up?
I made sure to have a photo session with the girls before Halloween, so I could get some good shots when it wasn’t dark and raining. I absolutely LOVE the shots I got. I posted them on Friday – if you missed them, here is the link. They are just sooo cute and cuddly. (Jackson skipped that photo session – so it is just the girls.)
But of course, I needed to bring the camera for the big event too!
Halloween started in the rain, but just as we headed out to trick or treat, the rain slowed to a drizzle and eventually stopped. What a relief!
We had a fantastic evening!
Jackson decided to be Darth Vader at the last minute — he had the costume in his costume collection from a previous year. He dressed as a skeleton for school yesterday, but wanted to take a light saber trick or treating.
We all started out together — Julia and Sophia, Jackson and Olivia, and our friend Julie’s daughter, Madison. But I had to quickly leave them to follow Jackson and Olivia as they raced off with the big kids.
My kids have staying power. They would have trick or treated all night long. Susan and Julie were back in the house eating candy just 30 minutes into their adventure. Madison and Julia were far more interested in eating the candy they had, rather then getting more.
But Jackson, Olivia and I were out for almost two hours! Apparently Olivia is all grown up — going to the door by herself, choosing her candy and having a blast with kids three or four times her size.
Olivia had never tasted candy before, but since she was chewing her way through a Smartie boxes, (Smarties are a Canadian version of M&Ms,) I started to feed her candy instead.
Once those chocolate filled, sugar coated treasures hit her tongue, she was hooked. “Going to strangers’ doors and choosing more boxes full of this yummy stuff??? Yes, Mommy – I can do this!!!”
Did you post about Halloween on your blog?
Link up here and let your readers know they can find more Halloween posts here. Then head out and visit other Halloween posts and make some new bloggy friends!
I can’t wait to see your kids’ costumes and read about your Halloween adventures…
Both my boys were sick, so no trick or treating – I shared the cutest pumpkin you’ll ever see though! 😉
very cute pics!
the matching butterflies are especially sweet!
Those pix are so cute. My boys did the Star Wars thing this year.
Love their costumes. Ah, the discovery of chocolate…YES!
My boys had fun…as usual. 🙂
My little one is now big and 14 years old- no more dressing up for us here (it is very sad!)don’t let yours grow up!- I really enjoyed your pictures.
Your little munchkins are precious!
Oh Janice and Susan… they all look so cute. It sounds like you all had a great time even despite the rain early on.
They all look so cute!!
Looks like a lot of fun! Way to keep up with the trick or treating. Guess the candy was worth it 🙂
what a great idea to set up a link list!
Oh, how adorable! SO, SO cute!
I LOVE seeing kids in their costumes. It always inspires me with ideas for next year! Thanks for setting up a link list!
i had already shared halloween costume pics in other blog posts but we had some photo fun as a famil (with a couple friends) halloween night.
http://adventuresinjuggling.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/spooky-big-top/
What great shots! What cuties!
I shared my supergirl with supervision:-)
I’ve been raiding the kids candy all day today! What they don’t know won’t hurt them!
I’ve linked up my post. Such fun pics shared by all!
Love the heart wings on the little girls.
I really had already posted 4 times on my blog. It was more like a week o’ Halloween!
Such cuties in their costumes.
My kids have staying power too, although I only let the twins go out for a half hour with their big brother so he could go trick or treating with his friends. The twins loved greeting everyone at the door though … except a little boy dressed as a wolf, he scared them half to death.
sssoooo cute!!!! My girls were feeling a little under the weather, but I still dressed them u`p`.. I didn’t want the regrets later of missing their first Halloween..
http://mommyingonthefly.blogspot.com/2008/10/free-to-good-home.html
They are SOOO cute!! You got some great shots! I posted my little man’s costume unveiling on halloween but was SUPER busy yesterday! SO I’m unloading the pictures from my camera NOW!
Our company had a table at the Hard Rock Cafe/Breast Cancer event. It was great fun to see all the creative and different costumes. Some of my favorites were kids and adults as Elvis.
What a cute idea ! I love seeing everyone’s costume choices !
I love seeing the adorable costumes! So Fun!!
Love this!!
The Children all look like they had a great time! Perfect Costumes for the current weather 😉 It was lovely trick or treating without the rain!!!
so fun!
Love those wings! I made my son a Wall E costume with more duct tape than I’ve ever used in my life.
What fun you guys must have had – even in the rain! The pics are wonderful! I posted my pics of our black cat and skeleton. Waaaay too much fun!
Fun pictures both here and in the other places.
Those pictures are so precious!
We had awesome weather here – for once! I still put long-sleeved shirts on under the girls’ costumes, but that was all we needed. No sweatshirts, coats, gloves or other ‘bundling up’ necessary. It was wonderful!
Becca had a blast too – she’s definitely got the hang of it 🙂
I made a slide show of the kids carving pumpkins and them in their costumes. We ended up going to our church for a harvest party since it was raining here.
What fabulous pictures! I love seeing all the costumes….just too much fun! Thank you for this!
A little late getting to this:
http://oppositekids.blogspot.com/2008/11/trick-or-treat.html
Adorable! Halloween is such a magical time of year for kids.
Maemae
Cute shots. It really looks like they had a great time.
I just can’t seem to catch up. I have the Halloween photos to post… I just can’t seem to get to it.
cute bunch of little characters!