A couple weekends beforehand we went to a Pumpkin Night in the Park at our favorite local nature center. They had over 800 carved jack-o-lanterns lighting their miles of walking trails, bonfires lit to stop and warm up at, a dance floor for the little ones to get moving and grooving, a special indoor blacklight spooky ocean scene, and a stage where various performances took place including Elvis (who came back from the dead for one night, and one night only!). It was incredible! Volunteers were dressed up along the walking paths. Pirates were on 'ships' (paddle boats) on the little lake shooting their cannons at each other, some were perched up in trees searching far and wide for their buried treasure. Witches, gigantic spiders, and others were also found there. The great thing was that it was all geared towards young kids so none of it was really scary. JB loved the blacklight display and asked to go through it many times. GB could have danced the night away, especially when Elvis was singing.
We took the kids trick-or-treating down in Nick and Laura's neighborhood. It gave us a good excuse to go see their new house, and also enjoy a good neighborhood full of kids and a good trick-or-treating environment. JB caught on to the whole process of knocking on doors for candy really fast and kept trying to run ahead of us to the next house before GB was even off the front porch. They lasted for about an hour and got some good results - lots of chocolate and not a single tootsie roll to be found!
They wanted to be monsters this year. GB insisted that she be a "nice" monster. JB came up with the idea of teeth on the bottom of his hood as well as a tongue sticking out. The picture also doesn't show the spikes going down his back. A warm night and costumes that fit over their coats made for a perfect night out.
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