Happy Halloween!

Alright. Halloween is long gone and the candy left in my kids' buckets is mostly suckers and gum and all that other junk that I won't bother eating. I mean that THEY won't bother eating. Whatever.


Brendan was on the fence about trick or treating this year. I told him he could have Bryce's candy, which he seriously considered. He then tried on his Elmo costume from last year and amazingly, it fit and PRESTO! he was going trick or treating.

Brett was most pleased to be wearing a store-bought Mario costume. I'm not sure how I feel about that. He wore homemade costumes up until this year and his last couple had taken me a lot of time. His joy over BUYING a costume from the store seemed strange, but I'm over it.

Bryce is the 3rd boy to wear this cute bear costume. It was made for Brendan when he was 2 1/2 and is supposed to be "Baby Bear" from Sesame Street. Brett wore it and now Bryce. It's adorable. Took Bryce a bit of convincing to wear it at our church's Trunk or Treat, but after some "persuasion", he settled in and enjoyed himself.

We had a safe Halloween on all fronts. No razor blades in the candy (do people still even bother trying that?) and no food allergy reactions from Bryce. All the nut containing candy was dumped back into the bowl to be handed out to the little beggars and the rest was either taken to work with Brad or tossed.  Bryce wasn't even interested in eating his candy.