Trick or Treat

This year for Halloween we decided to forgo all of the crowded Trunk or Treats at the local churches and just do some traditional trick or treating with friends. We met in an older neighborhood in town where our friend's grandfather lives and just went up and down the street until it got dark.

Parker was a doctor this year. When he was born, one of the ophthalmologists that Cory refers patients to sent Parker some monogrammed scrubs. He is just now big enough to wear them, so I thought they would make the perfect costume.

Eden was a ladybug. She looked very cute, but did not know what to do when we put her hood up. She just sat there frozen, so she only wore it for pictures.

Parker and Eden Family pic

Daddy with Parker and Eden

Mommy and Eden (I did not get a good picture with Parker)

Our friends have a little girl, Jewell, who is 2 months older than Parker. We have gone trick or treating with them every year since the kids were born. It is fun to see them interact more and more as they get older. Don't they look like they could be siblings with their blond hair and blue eyes?

Cory and I decided to take the wagon with us trick or treating this year, and it turned out to be a great idea. It was perfect for Eden, and Jewell enjoyed riding too.

Eden spent most of the evening in the wagon, but did get to get out and trick or treat a few times.

I was surprised at how outgoing Parker was tonight. I assumed he would be timid and make me go with him up to every house, but he didn't. He and Jewell would walk up by themselves, say "Trick or Treat" and then say thank you to the people handing out the candy as they walked away.
This picture was taken after the first house we went to. He could not believe that they had just given him a piece of candy and he was very excited. His favorite type of candy tonight was suckers. I think Parker went through about 5 different ones. He would be in the middle of eating one when he would get another one. He would hand the old one to Cory and tell him that he didn't want that one anymore. Then he would hand Cory the new sucker and ask him to open that one.
Despite the fact that Parker had way too much sugar in his system, he was completely worn out from all of the Halloween fun and went to bed without much of a fight. I would definitely say that our trick or treating experience was quite a success!