Soggy Halloween

On Halloween it rained. And rained. And rained. The kids were worried that the annual tradition of knocking on doors and begging for candy would be canceled due to inclement weather. Then, right around 4 o'clock, the rain slowed to a light mist. We got our first trick or treaters at 4:30 (that's the standard trick or treating time here) and took that as our cue to head out as well.

First Bryan gathered the kids for a picture.

Then he gathered the candy for a picture.

Since Bryan enjoys watching the reactions of the kids when he hands them a gigantic package of candy (a perk of his job), he stayed home while I took the kids out. I thought I would take Sophie to a few houses, then bring her back. Sophie had other ideas. She caught on to trick or treating almost immediately and she was a huge fan of the concept. She said "Tick Tee" (trick or treat) without being prompted, sometimes said "Tan Tee" (thank you) on her own, and when no one came to the door she would look at me and say "Home?" as in, "So no one's home, huh?"

All four kids trick or treating with Ninja Cooper in the lead.

Peter was the first one to call it quits. He walked home with our neighbor while the other three stayed out until dark. Cooper and Phoebe started to complain about wanting to go home before we were quite done with the houses between our position at the time and home. I asked Sophie if she wanted to go home too. "No! More!" She finally admitted she was tired at our next door neighbors house.

Then we went home, switched out all the peanut stuff, and let the kids eat ridiculous amounts of candy while we watched Hocus Pocus. Best of all? Thanks to the end of Daylight Savings Time, they all got an extra hour to sleep off the sugar.

We all agreed, it was a successful Halloween!