bloggers ate my babies: trick or treat

we finished october 2007 out strong by having hayden's school halloween party on tuesday morning, going trick or treating in downtown plymouth on tuesday evening and then having the real deal on wednesday evening. as usual, the family all went over to mom and dad's for a delicious dinner of chicken chili or regular chili (usually the chicken chili was made for jessica, but now she eats meat...YEAH!!!). after dinner we got the kids dressed up and headed out for some trick or treating. hayden usually goes from 6-8, running the whole time. this year we got close to mom and dad's house and planned on going up the other side of the street but he said he was done. very odd. i think he just wanted to get into the candy as fast as he could. in years past it was more about how many houses he could get to, now he realizes it's actually candy he's getting and he loves candy. maybe more than running. so we finished up a little before 7:30. rainah headed back a little earlier and talan just fell asleep in tina's arms when he was done. hayden left his wig on the whole time which shocked me. he would have left the beard on the whole time too if the stupid thing didn't keep falling off the whole time. but at least we got some good pictures. hayden asked me last nite if he was going out again and i had to explain that halloween is over until next year. i think the whole 2 nites in a row really screwed him up. guess he thought we'd just continue going out until the snow started to fall. well, i guess we could try. we didn't hit up our neighborhood yet.

jack sparrow. what?! he's actually looking AND smiling at the camera?!:

ARRRGHHH:

lobster out of water:

hayden as jack sparrow, rainah as an octopus, talan as a lobster:

creatures of the sea:

hayden got the hang of it early. this year we really didn't even need to go up to the doors with him. he would say "trick or treat" before they got to the door and then they would talk to him or ask him questions while putting candy in his bag and he'd just say "thank you" and start running to the next house. this kid is good. no time for small talk, gotta get to as many houses as he can!: