We had a very fun Halloween evening. I even feel like we "cheated" a little because we actually went trick-or-treating twice, once in our neighborhood and once in our friends' neighborhood. Noah had a giant bag of candy by the end of the night. Not that he has touched even one piece yet. I guess one of the (only) pros to having a picky eater is that he is picky about everything - even candy! Here is a picture of the kiddos in our 'hood before we got started.
This is the stillest that Liam stood all night. He, as always, was convinced that he was a big kid and took off running with them from minute one. Of course he was a little slower so we brought up the rear a lot. I also felt bad for all our friends as they had to hear the phrase, "No Liam! On the sidewalk!" about a million times that night. Even I was tired of hearing my voice yell it over and over again. When he wasn't running in the street, Liam was having a blast climbing the porch steps of every house and waving at the people who opened the door. He did not really understand about the candy so I followed along behind him and put a piece in his bag at each house.
Noah was in usual trick-or-treat mode... Race to each house as fast as you can! Mario was consistently 2 or 3 houses ahead of us.
Eventually we put Liam in the stroller so we could catch up with Noah. This was met with much resistance at first, until Wes opened up a Three Musketeers bar and handed it to Liam. My littlest guy was in heaven after that and we went through 3 candy bars during the rest of our trip around the neighborhood.
Right about the time it got dark we headed over to the other neighborhood to trick-or-treat with some other friends. There were some great houses over there that were done up right for Halloween! Noah got a big kick out the spooky scenes in many of the front yards. And, of course, he continued to run from house to house at top speed.
Liam walked for a bit with his buddy Caroline before settling back into the stroller with more candy.... Do not judge me. It was just one night.... And it kept him quiet. Sorry, but I am not sorry for bribing him with chocolate!
We finished up the night hanging out on the driveway. The adults talked and sipped their "refreshing beverages" and the boys did what they do best. Wrestling.
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