Iowa, for some odd reason, chooses to celebrate Beggar's Night (trick-or-treating) the night before Halloween. So on October 30th, we prepared for the annual trek around the neighborhood asking for candy. This year the weather was awful. Cold, rainy, windy--the whole bit. But the kids wore lost of layers under their costumes, braved the elements, and had a great time.
To me Josh was the funniest part of the evening. For a couple years now, he has taken the post of passing out the candy. And he has done it with his typically stoic persona. So it was a laugh to me to see how excited he was for the festivities this year. (I think he was so thrilled with his pumpkin this year that it psyched him for the rest.) As we were getting ready to head out, he set up a candy station by the door. He hooked up Halloween music to some speakers, had a chair for the candy, and made paper decorations to put around the door. And he loved it!
Thanks, as always, to Grandma for the fabulous costumes. We really appreciate her willingness to do this for us every year. They always turn out great and are so personal. This year we had an army guy, a candy corn, and a Grecian Lady. The kids loved them and had a great time.
Never mind that on Halloween night (the real one) the weather was beautiful without a breath of wind or rain. When in Iowa . . .
5 comments:
Saturday was the better night here in Oklahoma too! Too bad you had to brace yourself for the nastiness.
Josh STILL has the stoic persona?? He could always make me smile. :-)
Oh, and Tari Davis was just here from Katy visiting a couple of friends. They are moving to Perth, Australia if you hadn't heard. Yikes!
The kids look great!! I'm glad to hear they had a great night, despite the cold. We had the same kind of weather here, too!
Great Halloween costumes and jack-o-lanterns.
And by the way... I was just reading through some of your posts from the past month, and you totally remind me of Sis. Elaine S. Dalton, in how you write, and in how you are able to see profound connections between every day life and the eternal scheme of things.
Thanks for the uplifting read.
Love the costumes Tiffany! Lucky you to have a Grandma who sews! I love your site too!
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