Halloween 2014

Shane and Daniel reunited for Halloween 2014. Shane asked to trick or treat every single day in October. "Is it Halloween today?" Daniel did much the same.

Daniel's mom gave out glow sticks. It was a great idea, because Shane's costume wasn't as visible at night as I thought...unless I was taking a picture. 

Reflective strips reflect. Go figure.

The boys enjoyed running from house to house. I thought I'd enjoy a nice conversation with our friends as we strolled along. Not so. The boys were on the hunt. Daniel wasn't even motivated by the candy. He sometimes was turning around and ready to race off before a treat was in his bucket. People would offer two, but after one he was done and run!

Shane was more candy motivated. He started telling people he wanted lollipops. He would have started searching through bowls and grabbing bonus candy if I wasn't there to remind him of his manners!

Part way through the night, Shane decided he wanted to get "healthy chocolate." One lady made a joke, and Shane misunderstood. Nestle crunch candy bars were deemed healthy. At every following house, Shane dug and stirred through bowls to ferret them out.

When we got home, Carrie was waiting. She hadn't felt well and stayed behind to watch the house. Now that there was candy involved...

And some of the candy was strange indeed!

Someone who could read the wrapper probably wouldn't find it so strange, but we were stumped. I was a wimp, but Carrie summoned up the courage to give it a try.

It ended up in the trash. We're still not sure what it was! Ha! I almost died laughing.

Shane really enjoyed his Halloween. It's a good thing he enjoys the hunt so much, because I'm probably going to transfer the candy to my classroom to use as incentives/bribes. Not only did we have lots of fun running around the neighborhood, but we helped prep me for work, as well!

We're already looking forward to Halloween 2015.