Halloween actually happened!

We had prepared the kids for the worst - that due to the hurricane, they might not go trick-or-treating this year.  They seemed ok with it.  But, when we returned to school on Halloween, we knew that Halloween was an official "go".  Lottie wore her Capt. America costume to school and me, Mommom, and Pop came to her school for the annual Halloween program.  Lucas took his costume to school.  The outdoor parade was canceled, but they still had their class party.  He came home with holes in the knees of his Transformer outfit.  Grrr...  boys.  I was very impressed that his school party consisted of fruits/veggies and minimal junk, as they'd get enough of that later. 

Mommom and Pop came over later and we headed out in search of candy around 5:30.  Lottie held Pop's hand all night.  We were amazed at how many houses were actually giving out candy.  We thought that due to the hurricane, there might've been less than normal.  After all, we didn't even buy any candy.  Oops! 

The kids did great!  They went together to each house, and used good manners.  Lottie was always on a mission!  Some houses, I don't think Lucas would've gone to without her.  Once, he actually started sobbing at a zombie wandering around someone's yard.  Tony had to go rescue him.  Lottie would run back to use and exclaim "Look what I got.  I have SO much candy".  And, she would look inside her bucket after people put stuff in...  If she didn't like it, she'd pull it out and say "I don't like that"...  Silly girl!  She even fell once and spilled her entire bucket, but didn't cry.

After about an hour, Charlotte proclaimed "I'm tired and done trick or treating.  Let's go home."  We didn't go home yet, but she was content to suck her finger and watch Lucas get candy.  She did muster up the energy to hit the last few houses!

Here is the proof of our fun... Excuse the poor night shots my camera takes:

At home, we changed into jammies and watch Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin.  It turned out to be a great Halloween after all, even though Tony was sad not to have any decorations up at home :(

The next day, look who I caught rummaging around in the goodies: