Halloween 2008

Halloween has always been a holiday that I really look forward to, especially when it isn't raining! Growing up my friends and I were always on a mission to see who could get the most candy. We used pillow cases and literally ran from house to house to maximize our efforts. Sadly, I found that competitive nature in me manifest itself when Austin was old enough to go trick-or-treating. I drug him all over town, down each row at trunk-or-treat, and then hit some more homes in our neighborhood afterwards. He used to say, "Mom, I'm tired!" and I was like come on, just a few more houses. Poor kid! Well this year, I am proud to say, I didn't care at all. What ever the kids wanted to do was fine with me. Austin was pretty gung-ho about making the rounds at trunk-or-treat, but Cameron was content to sit on the bumper of our Tahoe and eat candy. He had no interest in collecting any. I'm not sure what it was that frightened him, but he was not excited about Halloween at all. We got home fairly early from trunk-or-treat, and Austin said he wanted to do some more trick-or-treating, so we made a loop through our neighborhood. To my surprise, Cameron decided that he wanted to do that as well, so the boys and I went out with Shelley and Nicholas, while Spencer and JB stayed back and passed out candy. The weather was wonderful. It was probably the warmest Halloween that we've had in a long time, and with no rain. Good weather and happy kids is always a good combination on Halloween. So here is a break down of what we all dressed up as; Spencer, an Inmate (borrowed from the county jail); Me, Raggedy Ann; Austin, a Clone Trooper; Cameron, Obi-Wan Kenobi; Andrew, a Pirate.