Halloween 2012

Halloween 2012 is here. Jackson and Shane picked out their costumes in August when the first Halloween catalog arrived at the house. True to form, here they are-
Jackson is Batman and Shane is Spiderman. This afternoon they will go trick or treating in Cushing Square and then we will trick or treat tonight with mommy and daddy.

Notice the abs on both boys- Gone are the days in which mommy could pick out cute costumes, we are into superheros all the way! Love you guys. Next to dressing up, the boys are psyched to use their flashlights from Uncle Adam and Uncle Dave that they received for their birthday!

We had a GREAT night trick or treating. Both Shane and Jackson at first were more interested in handing out candy to trick or treaters than getting candy- we sat on the porch waiting for the kids to come for a while and they were pushing each other to give out the candy. We left a BIG bowl of candy out for kids to take a piece or two so that there would be enough for everyone but we swung by the house 20 minutes after we left and all of the candy was GONE- we suspect the group of teenagers in front of use took it all. But we were out for about 10 minutes when we bumped into some friends from school- the parents were at the bottom of the stairs waiting for the kids and I heard a mom say - that batman just hugged Matthew! I turned around since I had a batman and low and behold it turns out that he was a friend from school. So we joined their group - about 8 small superhero's, villains, skeletons and a few babies. Anyhow, the boys went crazy! They were yelling at each other- more houses, candy, candy- "come on guys" there is a house over here". It was GREAT! All the kids had fun and I think I even might have gotten a babysitter out of the night- one of the new houses up the street- she was giving out candy- 18 years old so we'll see. The boys had a BLAST and that was what is important.

Fast forward to this morning- I thought they would have slept late, NOT! They were up at 5am and when I cam into the kitchen they were both sitting on the kitchen counter eating candy! here they are last night assessing the evenining's haul of candy-