Happy Halloween!

As most of you know Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I start decorating October 1st and it is a little elaborate! Of course I also start watching my scary movies, Halloween being one of them. Greg has definitely gotten into the spirit more and is always willing to get my bales of hay and corn stalks for the porch. And yes, we do some lights! We are geeks.

This year is a very special Halloween it was Gavin's first, and he was adorable as a dragon. For awhile I called him a dinosaur until Greg reminded me that dinos don't have wings! Duh. We had a great time with starting our day going to my old office for lunch and some trick or treating. Then headed out that evening for a hay ride around our neighborhood. We had so much fun, the weather was wonderful, the kids all looked great and it was nice to be able to ride around chatting with our friends! Our neighborhood is not very conducive to trick or treating. We had a great turnout, both the trailers were filled and I have to admit it was very organized. A lot of the pictures have Gavin pulling at his head, he was not a fan of the dragon "hat". I love the last picture of Greg looking like he is losing it! We ended up leaving the ride early because Gavin had had enough.

Once we got home, we decided to pack up and head to Kristi and Steve's for some adult Halloween partying. Gavin was a champ and slept the entire time of course! That kid can sleep, just like his Mommy. A lot of people wonder if we even get trick or treaters and we do! Last year I had about 40, this year Greg's parents and sister stayed at our house to pass out candy while we were gone. When we left we left the bowl out (we have a great honor system out here, a lot of our neighbors do this and the children are very respectful) and when we got home, had about 5 pieces left. So I am sure we had more this year, heck on our ride there was about 15 or so kids! And yes, we did trick or treat our own home! Overall it was a wonderful day and I think Gavin had a great time, especially being around the big kids!