Trick or Treat

We invited ourselves to go trick or treating with the Couringtons this year. Their neighborhood is more festive than ours. Predator rode behind us for a few minutes on the interstate. I thought it was just a mask he was wearing, but it was a real helmet. It was decked out all the way around and was very realistic. He must've spent a pretty penny on that thing.

We enjoyed some pre-candy collecting coloring and pizza.

And then they donned their costumes. Here's Leia and Leah.

And Obi Wan showed up.

And a rascally little uncooperative ewok.

That's better. Once we got the show on the road and he realized he would be getting candy, he forgot all about the hood and allowed it to remain on his head.

Here is Robert at his first house. It didn't take long at all for him to figure out this trick-or-treating thing. Ewoks are smart. He walked up to houses all by himself and waited patiently for his turn. I had to escort him away several times because he would just stand there not exactly knowing what he should do next. And he would tell the people "bye byes" as he walked away.

We had loads of fun and the kids got way too much candy. There was one house that was awesome. We could hear people screaming from a block away. There was a smoke machine, strobe lights, scary sounds, the whole nine yards. There were some fake bodies on the ground and others were real, waiting to jump out at trick-or-treaters and there was a ghost on a zip line and someone on the roof throwing a body off the roof. I couldn't believe Jason actually talked Clara into walking up to the door (they went easy on little kids), but it was still very scary with the lighting and smoke. The walk up the driveway was very slow, but she did it and was so proud of herself. Kate put Obi Wan to good use a little later when we came to another scary house. At first she wanted nothing to do with it but Jason said, "Come on", and that's all she needed. Having a jedi around goes a long way to helping one conquer ones fears.