Trick or Treat (no smelly feet please!)

All right, it was crazy last night. Getting 4 kids ready for Halloween...whew. Before the fun started, we had Mummy Dogs for dinner. I got the recipe from Jenny at "Picky Palate." The kids loved them and they were gone in a wink!

Before and after dinner, the kids were very busy carrying things outside to the garage to sell at our garage sale the next day. (Note to self...never have a garage sale again the day after Halloween. David and I were up until midnight getting things organized, neither one of us could sleep for some reason--probably too much sugar! And we were up at 6AM to get everything out onto the driveway by 7AM). The kids did a great job though...I'd told them we wouldn't go trick-or-treating until the dining room was cleared out. Ha, ha, parental bribery at it's finest!

So this year, Joshua was Batman.

Rebecca was Supergirl.

Christina was Uniqua from The Backyardigans.

And Gabriel was a little baby dragon!

I'd made the dragon costume for Joshua when he was a baby. It was great to pull it out again. Gabriel didn't like the hood at first, but David kept the cup holder on the wagon full of Smarties for him to eat, and that kid was as happy as a clam.

Here's a group shot...aren't they the CUTEST kids ever?

I walked ahead with the older two, and David brought up the rear with Christina and Gabriel in the wagon. Those kids were so fast, we were through all of our neighborhood in 1 hour flat. There is more to our subdivision on the other side of the lake, but our side consists of 3, nearly 4 streets if you include the cul-du-sacs. So it's just enough, because the kids get one very full bag of candy, and it lasts until Easter (if we stick to our one-piece-a-day rule).

After we got back home, the kids enjoyed their spoils and watched It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. It's a must at our house every Halloween.

Then it was time for bed. They actually feel asleep pretty quickly, considering they'd had plenty of sugar. I am pooped...it might take me a whole year to gear up for Halloween again (either that, or I am seriously out of shape)!