Halloween

I am so depressed this morning because when I went to download our pictures, the camera deleted the pictures without downloading them! What sorrow! Perhaps a friend took a picture of us; I shall try to locate a picture today. Alex said he would be willing to go get pictures taken because I was so sad this morning. Ah, but will Macey?
I shall try to capture our memories without the images... I realize that this will be less exciting, but I must record it for our family record!
From the previous post you know that we were characters from Harry Potter. Dan was Tom Riddle, I was Moaning Myrtle, Alex was Harry Potter Quidditch, Ryan was Harry Potter School robes, and Macey was Hedwig the owl (oh, and she was so precious). The boys were so handsome with their spray painted black hair and red scars. Macey was never a willing participant in the getting ready department. After coaxing her into her piggy tails, I painted her face. The mistake I made was when I showed her in the mirror how cute she was. She wailed and wailed (and smeared that make-up). But, it was still cute.
We got dressed up and went to Trunk or Treat at our church building. The 3 wards met there for a mad dash of candy grabbing! It was fun to see our new friends dressed up. My friend Marcella shared our trunk, so I wasn't alone handing out candy while Dan took the kids around. Once Macey figured out the whole get candy for being dressed silly, she was delighted to be an owl! Ryan is a complete nut: he would go down a row and then come back and show me what he got. Then he would go for more and come back. He lost Dan and co. and was just going at it haphazardly. At the end Dan and Alex were harassing him that he could have gotten so much more, but I said, 'Leave him alone. He had a great time! He isn't disappointed at all that he didn't do it your way.'
At 6:30pm we were in a race to get home. One of Alex's friends and family and one of Ryan's friends and family were meeting us at our house for dinner. We had pizza and healthy fruits and veggies to try to balance out the sugar intake. As soon as Macey was done eating she begged for her owl costume. Hooray! She was ready to go out for some more.

After a round of family pictures (now lost in a digital graveyard) we took off to trick or treat in the neighborhood. Our neighborhood was great for trick or treating. The boys found friends along the way besides the ones that came with us. And the weather was fantastic. A perfect holiday! Ryan was in a race to get down the street the fastest. And, oh, this is where my heart breaks that the camera was broken. My sweet 2 year old owl would walk daintily up the sidewalks and wait her turn to get to say trick or treat, all on her own and come slowly (so she wouldn't fall) back down the sidewalk. Her silhouette was so precious; this little bitty girl holding up her pumpkin to the great big adults. Oh, joy of joys!

We finished our rounds at about 8pm with a stop next door so Macey could play with Megan for a minute. The boys were showered and in bed by 8:30, just like usual. I think they had a wonderful night. And our haul of candy must be some where around 8lbs.