We basically stood on our feet for 2 1/2 hours, so we decided to feed the baby (I did anyway) and rest for the remainder of the afternoon. We had an early dinner so that we could head out trick-or-treating before it got too cold with the rain. The kids were all giddy and had a hard time sitting still during dinner. We threatened numerous times that if they didn't sit down and finish eating, there wouldn't be any trick-or-treating at all. That was an empty threat as we never followed through. After trying to get them to eat a bit of dinner, we gave up and cleaned up. Jeremiah did most of the costume prep while I fed the baby again. I had wanted to take Tate and go out with them, but I decided to stay home to answer the door in order to keep the baby dry and warm. I asked Jeremiah to wait to go out until I finished because I didn't want the doorbell to ring while I was feeding him. The kids could hardly contain their excitement as they asked every few minutes "Is he done YET?"
Once I finished feeding Tate, I did Hailey's hair and then made them hold still for just a few seconds for a couple of pictures. You'll see the cowboy sheriff and pinkalicious (yes, that's pink hair) all decked out and ready to go.
We had some lighting issues, so I tried with and without the flash. I didn't particularly like the way this one turned out, but I kept it because Hailey has the most hilarious grin on her face and Zach's ears really stand out against his black cowboy hat.
Once I finished, they raced to get their coats on and out the door they went. They were so excited! Luckily, the rain decided to stop for a few minutes, so I was glad we were ready when it let up.
As you can tell, Jeremiah's thrilled to be taking them out.
I was a bit upset that we weren't able to take Tate out, but I didn't want to get all the way down the street when the rain started up again and have him get cold and wet. So I decided to dress him up in his lion costume anyway and answer the door with him. Everyone loved his little costume! In between answering the door, I took some pictures of just him. They turned out so darling, I just had to include a few.
I'm usually not very lucky at getting pictures of him smiling, but it seems my luck changed that night. I got a whole ton of them!
This one has to be my favorite though. He's the chubbiest little baby and that lion costume is just the cutest thing. He and I had fun for the little bit of time we were home.
Not too much later, the kids came back from trick-or-treating our neighborhood. The weather was still nice, so I decided to take all 3 kids and head over to the other neighborhood to trick-or-treat a few houses the kids wanted to do. Jeremiah decided to stay home and answer the door, I guess he'd had his fill of trick-or-treating. Actually he said he basically had to run to keep with with Zach and Hailey around our neighborhood - they would run from house to house and he could barely keep up with them!
Once we got home and the kids downed at least a pound of candy, we bathed, got on pj's, and put them all in bed. What a fun, but EXHAUSTING day! I love Halloween, but I'm glad it's over for another year!
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