Trick-or-Treating

On Halloween I took the boys out trick-or-treating with my friend Natalee while Ben stayed home to pass candy out to the other neighborhood kids. It was fun to trick-or-treat around a neighborhood this year (last year was a total flop around the apartments, remember?). Someone had told me I should dress up like a tree so that Sam could be a monkey-in-a-tree. I thought it was an awesome idea so Natalee helped me tape leaves all over myself. The costume only lasted for 3 houses. At that point, I realized that a) nobody got it (I took an informal poll and was 0 for 3) and b) it was definitely not puffy-hooded-vest weather so I was quite uncomfortable. On our way out of the cul-de-sac I ran back home to ditch the costume. We trick-or-treated on a couple of streets and then Noah announced, "Okay, that's enough candy." So we came home and ate some pumpkin pie. Yum, yum.

Monkey in a tree (get it??)

Family picture (Ben, again, dressed as himself)
Sam ready to ditch his costume
The boys examining their spoils
Our friends, the Stephens trick-or-treating at our house