Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat lasted 3 days at our house. Jason left Thursday to go to Atlantic City to see Phish in concert, so that left me home alone for the 2nd year in a row to Trick or Treat. I figured we'd just do Trunk or Treat like last year, but that wasn't what happened.

Our weekend started by going downtown Pensacola to Trick or Treat at the local businesses. My inlaws met me downtown to help out. This was great. I coached the kids on the way downtown on what to say and when; Trick or Treat to get candy, Thank you after you got it. I told Josh he couldn't be shy or he wouldn't get any candy. They got a good amount and had a great time. Kaitlyn was a cheerleader and Josh was Buzz Lightyear.

Saturday the I took the kids to Barnes and Noble for story time and they dresses up as a patient (Kaitlyn) and Spiderman (Josh). We also stopped at the library before hand and they got a little bag of treats there. Also, we stopped at Target and I picked up a horse costume for Kaitlyn since she won't wear her Minnie Mouse dress she insisted on having. She agreed that she would wear the horse outfit. Saturday night I saw our neighbors outside dressed up and I asked if they were going out and they said yes and wanted to know if we wanted to come along. I said sure and got the kids ready. Josh wanted to be Buzz Lightyear and Kaitlyn was going to be in the horse outfit. They had a great time and got lots of candy.

Sunday rolls around and we decide just to go around the neighborhood. Josh was a Transformer and Kaitlyn wanted to be Minnie Mouse, but she wouldn't put on the dress, so I found some pj's that had Minnie Mouse on them and she wanted to wear them. They got a TON of candy from the neighborhood. We got home and left the light on, but only had a few trick or treaters, so I turned off the light and proceeded to get the kids ready for bed. About 745pm I noticed some cars outside and there were a load of kids running across lawns. I was shocked, but decided that since the kids were playing so well I wouldn't bother turning the lights on so they could hand out candy.

We had a great weekend and the kids learned how to play well together. Josh loves to play Spaceship and will order Kaitlyn around to get things for the space ship. This will continue only until Kaitlyn starts to realize 1) I don't want to play spaceship and 2) she gets more words in her vocab to tell Josh, no, you go get the toys!

Hopefully Daddy will be around next year to enjoy the festivities!