Halloween 2011

This year we went with a woodland theme with our costumes. And by "we" I mean, me. But since Halloween is all about me, our boys generously agreed. Originally Mason wanted to be Batman, but I told him that fox's get the most candy because they are so fast and that sold him (however, in all honesty, it appears that owls actually get the most loot. But maybe that was only because Char shamelessly grabbed fist-fulls of candy at every doorstep and he was so cute that our kind neighbors only encouraged it).  In fact, even our little fireball Charlie ended up surprising us by wearing his costume all night long while we tramped around collecting our loot. It was a wonderful, warm, and happy night. A happy reprieve from holing up in the house for a week straight while the boys recovered from mean flu bug. Thank goodness they got better right in the nick of time....or else they would have had to go trick-or-treating sick! :)

 McCabey Baby was a little sad when we first headed out, but once we snuggled him in his stroller seat, he peacefully watched his brothers for several hours straight.

Charlie didn't catch on to the whole trick-or-treating thing for the first fifteen minutes. He just wanted to drive his tractor up the street. Mason ,on the other hand, was thrilled at the thought of getting free candy!

 One of our nice neighbors. We love where we live.

 A blurry shot of our family out on the prowl

When we got home, the boys dumped out their goods and stuffed their faces before bedtime. McCabe hasn't ever had candy (that we know of) but he went hog wild, sucking on every wrapped candy he could find! Fortunately, enough nice people gave us fruit snacks so we let him feast on those (even though I am sure they aren't that much different than the real stuff). 

 Look at Char's spoil! That boy knows what he is doing!

 McCabe reminds me of Gus Gus in all of these shots with his tight shirt creeping up his round belly. At ten months, he is finally starting to round out! Charlie wore his costume longer than everyone else. All of that worry for nothing.

Mason couldn't be more pleased with his night.