TRICK OR TREAT!

Okay - now this is what I'm talking about! This Halloween was just so much fun! Colin was old enough to really get into it. Cannon was psyched up for it for weeks. And now that Chance has his communication device, he was able to really trick or treat.
We started the day off at school like normal, then headed to Rob's work for a party at Valley College for lunch. Can you guess who Rob is? Such a cute and original costume! Off to bed for a nap, dinner and then trick or treating. Grandma dressed up in her camos and gave out candy. She was such a trooper to sit out there for all that time, but I do think she had fun... and she nibbled a bit (chocolate freak that she is)! And it was such a treat for us to be able to go out together with the kids. The last couple of years we had to take turns while the other gave out candy. So this was nice!
Chance was the Incredible Hulk. Cannon was a Ninja Turtle and Colin was Woody from Toy Story. We had to laugh trying to put that god awful green face paint on Chance. He kept wanting to wipe it off. If we could just keep his hands off his face long enough for it to dry we'd be okay. Overall, it didn't look bad! Cannon didn't want to wear his mask that went with the costume, so we did his face green too. We were out trick or treating for about an hour and a half and the kids were great. Chance started doing the "I've had too much fun" sideways walk after a while and Rob let him take a few breaks and have a treat. He was pretty worn out when it was all said and done. Colin actually said, "Okay Mommy, I want to go home now!" ha ha ha ha... I wonder if I was having more fun than them?!
Here's a few pictures and a video of the boys getting some candy and Chance using his device to participate just like everyone else. Oh, it was so great! just made my heart sing to see Chance enjoying himself so much!
After bath, Daddy decided to turn off all the lights and make the house pitch black and the kids played with their light sticks for like an hour. Swinging them around, make shapes in the dark. I think Colin hit himself in the face with his enough times that he finally quit! It was lots of fun.
Let me tell you though, I'm glad Halloween only comes along once a year. They were so juiced up on sugar, it took me an hour to get Colin to sleep, Chance was up at least an hour and a half after his bed time meds (which usually kick in in 20-30 minutes) and Cannon, oh yeah, he was up until... are you ready for this?... MIDNIGHT! I had to nearly hold him down in bed to fall asleep! GRACIOUS.... once a year, that's all we can handle! :)