This year we had an ape, a pop star and Minnie Mouse at our house on Halloween. Kaden did several last minute costume changes and settle on the ape...which, by the way, had not even been one of his previous choices for the week prior. Maddie has been living in pop star dreamland ever since she got the Barbie Princess and the Pop Star DVD and doll for her birthday. We did the best we could to emulate the Pop Star (Keira's) costume while maintaining some sort of budget on the project and choosing items she could use again. If you can't tell, her hair is sprayed purple. And then there was Minnie Mouse. We had to work very hard to distract her so that she would forget she had ears on, otherwise she would rip them off.
Alllie only lasted about a half hour in her costume and only made it to about 3 houses of trick-or-treating before she was wiped out and ready for bed.
Maddie started off well, but when she started to run out of steam, it came on rather quickly. We met up with neighborhood friends and were basically going around the block together. Maddie did well for a few houses, then suddenly her tummy hurt. She climbed into a wagon one of our friends was pulling and she sent Kaden with her candy bag to people's doors. After a few houses, she climbed out of the wagon and suddenly her legs were hurting. Then, as she tried to go to the next house, she just sat down in the middle of their front yard and simply could not go on. At that point it was decided she would go home early with Mimi and Kaden would press on. This whole process occured over the course of trick-or-treating at about 10 houses. Not a whole lot considering the plethora of ailments and total exhaustion that she suffered. By the time Kaden and I made it home about 20 minutes later she was already in pj's and laying on the couch watching Cinderella.
Kaden, the ape, was a champ. He did tire out a little by the end of our trek, but he never complained. At the night's end, he proudly counted 105 pieces of candy. Most of this came from a few of our immediate neighbors who each gave him a heaping pile of candy each time he went to their house (which was more than once).
This year's Halloween was fun for all the Colorado weather was beautiful. Historically, it is snowy and freezing when the kids hit the streets. This year it was warm and we started without jackets.
Here are a few more pics of our crew...
Kaden dressed as a Fireman for his school party
