Halloween

Halloween 2013 was wonderful! This is the first year that I felt childhood in my house. All day long Jack and Jacob kept asking when we could go trick or treating, when Dad was going to be home, when we could go! I could feel their anticipation for trick or treating. They could hardly do anything because they were so looking forward to trick or treating. I remember as a kid thinking time took so long for exciting things like trick or treating or Christmas to actually happen. I think these are the years the boys may actually be able to remember.
This year Jacob was a rocket, Jack was Robin and Amelia was a princess. Each one of them was very proud of their costumes. If Jack saw someone he knew he would pull his mask up and say, "Its just me Jack, not really Robin." because he was convinced he truly embodied Robin. He is so cute!
Jacob and I made his costume this year from a box, tin foil, duc tape and construction paper. It was just up his ally to create his own costume. As we walked around several "big boys" told Jacob that they liked his costume. It made me happy for him because he had created it himself. He even had some grown-ups compliment him on it.
Amelia of course was a super cute princess. She would "princess spin" around. Almost every door said, "oh aren't you cute." After about the hundredth time she put her hand to her chest and said, "me cute!" This was Amelia's first Halloween of actually trick or treating, well she did fabulous! I brought the stroller just in case but she only briefly sat in it,. Most of the time she refused to sit in it and would have trick or treated all night if I had let her. I bet she walked for over an hour. Of course the person who wanted to ride in the stroller most was Jack.
As soon as we got back the kids dived into their candy. I don't even think they made it 6 steps into the door before flopping to the floor and digging in. We let them eat a bunch that night and watch Charlie Brown's The Great Pumpkin cartoon. It was a great Halloween!