Repeat After Me: Trick or Treat!

What a fun night we had tonight.

You can't tell from this picture but we really did dress Kean up for Halloween.

Our first stop?  The Bodily's and before I could even get up to the house,

Kean had stripped off his monkey suit, walked into the "Gobily's" house

and started pounding down the candy.

Only problem is he forgot to take off the brown paper

around his Reese's Peanut Butter Cup-- and ate it too.

(Fiber, right?)

 It sure didn't take long for Kean to catch 

on to the fact he could get a treat at every house.

He quickly learned to say "Trick or Treat" and "thank you".

It did take him forever to catch on that he needed to keep

his costume on!

 In fact, at our neighbor, Gina Kwid's house the ol' costume came right off.

 And while he, yep, ate another piece of candy, I did

get a picture of these cute girls-- H, G, and R and their friends.

 We always spend the first hour or so of the night visiting

a handful of our dear neighbors and friends.

We love that tradition.

You'd think with the slower start it would cut down on the candy grab--

unfortunately (in my book but not the kids), that's not the case.

They get especially spoiled and come home with more candy

than should be legal for a child to have!

Warning: Real Wound-- Not A Halloween One.

Kean is definitely feeling better and looking better.

He even got to go to church today-- his first time

in years at our congregation.

Let's just say, it was an exhausting experience.

Kean and I left halfway through and he immediately

fell asleep in the car.

(Wish I could have)!

 Byron stayed home and rotated from the bed to the couch.

He's already bored out of his mind.

Warning-- if you have a squeamish stomach-- 

but his swelling is holding steady and the "slice"

has stopped bleeding (finally).  He's grouchy

but doing fine.

 I have totally lucked out.

Holland learned just this week how to change

bandages at school (remember she goes

to that special medical high school)!

She has done most of the dirty work.

 In case you haven't overloaded on Halloween pictures,

I took the kids (plus one neighbor) out.

We visited a few of our favorite friends--

the Bodily's...

 the Kwids... (Gina was H and G's 2nd grade teacher),

 the Borup's (our dear, dear friends)...

 the Brinton's (oops, no picture) and Nancy Suiter

who lived next door to us until her home burned down a few

years back.  We have to keep tradition alive and visit

her each Halloween.

 Kean's not a huge candy man-- but had fun getting out

and high fiving every one.

He looked dang cute in his biker outfit-- complete

with tattooed arms and chest hair.

Guess he'll be giving most of his treats

to his dad (who is a candy man)!