Trick or Treat!

It is Halloween in the Lowcountry. Trick or treat in 70 degree weather. Alan and I got home from work and the girls were already outside in their "costumes" and they were ready to go. Josiah volunteered to stay home and hand out candy. That lasted about 5 minutes. His friend, Dale, showed up and that was all it took. He was gone! We took the girls and the "boys" and headed down the street. At first it was still light outside, me made it to the first street and it started getting dark.

The girls' costumes were pretty unique. Cassidy was a "Precious Moments Doll". Hmm let's see, she was wearing pajama pants, flip-flops and a superman t-shirt. She was carrying her Build-A-Bear who was also wearing a Superman t-shirt. She also had a page from a Precious Moments coloring book that said "I am a Precious Moments doll".

Alexis was a puppy dog. Who could guess that? :) She was wearing the costume I made for her last year. She had her face painted up but she didn't do anything with her hair. Last year she had pigtails to look like floppy dog ears.

Both girls had fun! I think the dogs were a little freaked out by all the people. There is one dog in the neighborhood and Beau and him do NOT get along. We have ran into him before and it is a struggle to keep Beau and Shadow under control.

After we had gone a little bit, we were joined by Lori and her kids. It was the first time that her two youngest had ever gone trick or treating. They had a blast. Then after circling back to our house we headed to the one house in the neighborhood where all the kids wanted to go. It is all decorated up and they have a "grave yard" where the kids walk through. While you are walking through it some of the teenagers jump out in costumes with chainsaws. It was funny. Cars were lined up all up and down the street. This is the first time we have been home on Halloween so we were not aware of all the traffic that goes there. I tried to get pictures but it was way too dark. On the way back the older teens came out to trick or treat. Time to go home for us.

I wanted to put this picture in because it shows how big Beau has gotten. He is only 9 months and still has some growing to do. What a big guy!!