It was a successful Halloween outing. Ryder loved trick-or-treating (even though he couldn't eat hardly any of the candy) and Savannah had a bunch of friends over to go trick-or-treating with us, so she was happy as can be. I wasn't sure if our new neighborhood would have any trick-or-treating traffic (our old one didn't have a whole lot). I was very pleasantly surprised at the amount of families that were out. We headed out in a big group and were gone for almost 2 hours and then once we got back Savannah still got the chance to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters. I call that a pretty good turnout.
Eric and I had all sorts of fun and creative ideas for Ryder's costume this year... mostly things that Ryder would have no idea about, but adults would find funny. None of those ended up happening though. Ryder saw the superman costume at the store and it was love at first sight. I am not even sure how he knows who Superman is, but he does and he loves him. He was so excited about his costume... so excited that he slept in it and then wore it the entire next day.
Then there is Savannah... the girl who has known who she wanted to be since last Halloween. Our little Disney villain lover just had to be the evil queen from Snow White. With the exception of the male villains and the Queen of Hearts, she has now pretty much completed this theme. I think. I say that and then next year she may want to be one of the guys. Either way, I love her enthusiasm for her costumes. I will encourage and support these over the top costume ideas any day. I am just thankful that I am not dealing with a girl asking to be something "sexy" yet.
This face... even as an evil queen she is still the prettiest little girl I know.
I finally kept my promise to her. Each year that she has been a villain, she has asked me to be the coordinating princess. I always said I would try, and I honestly did, but it never happened. This year I had to come through. Especially since I'm running out of years where it is going to be cool to have coordinating costumes with your mommy. Plus, who wouldn't love to dress up as Snow White. It was fun... and Savannah loved it. I may have been the only parent out that was dressed up, but that's all good.
Some of our gang before we headed out for some candy.
The kids were super confused by one house giving them cans of coke instead of candy. Worse than that, Ryder got a can of instant soup. Awesome.
So thankful that he was way more into the act of trick-or-treating more than he was the candy. His food allergies really throw 90% of the treats that were given to him right out the window. That's good news for his teeth (and the parents who get to sneak that candy at night), but really sad for a 2 year old who just doesn't get it.
For fun... A collage of Savannah at her absolute villain best.
