Beggars night

So some lady in the 40's (I think) in her infinite wisdom decided that there would be less tricks if Halloween was celebrated on a day rather than October 31. So now here in Des Moines either the day before or afterwards the kids have "Beggars Night". The home owners open the door and expect you to tell them a joke, sing a song, or do some type of trick. I don't get it! The kids who want to ruin pumpkins or soap your car can still do so on either night.

Anyway, comparing the loot and separating the candy into piles is something I remember from my youth.

Here are Brody and our neighbor (his buddy) Seth checking out their loot. This is the first year we made it to every house on the block with the light on. How old do you think he will be when we won't get to sneak some of his candy anymore?? :O)

Trick or Trunk

Our church hosts a trick or trunk every year as an outreach activity to the community. The weather that night was horrible, cold, and raining. Luckily we purchased a building to the East of our church that we were able to open up and move the "trunks" inside. This was also a great opportunity to see the updates to the building since we took it over. It is super nice inside.

Then we went back over to the church to play games. They had a bounce house that even the triplets got to enjoy. Brody went in there with them to show them how to do it and he was very gentle with them. When he went with kids his own age he was jumping much higher and crazy so I was really impressed that he was so nice to his brother and sisters.

Mason loved the bags game (it is a tailgating game where you throw a bean bag into a hole in a "football" field made out of wood). He would get mad whenever he had to let someone else have a turn. Thanks to Grandpa Z for his help on this night. We really needed all hands on deck!

Happy Halloween

We had a Butterfly (Katherine), a Flower (Audrey), and a Bee (Mason). Brody chose to be Buzz Lightyear. Is this the biggest pumpkin you've ever seen?
We all had a blast!

Thank you to the Gulbronson's who went trick-or-treating with us at Living History Farms with Joey. Brody had someone to play with and Mommy and Daddy had adults to talk to and extra hands when needed.

(Check out the moon in the background - Hollywood couldn't have staged anything better then that!)

How old do you think the triplets will have to be before they all will look at the camera at the same time? The only cool thing about this picture is the fact that you can see the wings on the bee and the butterfly.