Halloween 2013

Halloween this year was great.  Mike was SO excited about everything and had decided in July that he wanted to be Jake (from Jake and the Neverland Pirates).  I  kept asking him and he never wavered in his decision, so Jake it was.  My sister was nice enough to help us make the costume and Ryan rocked the same cowboy costume that Mike wore two years ago.  Ryan was a bit apprehensive at first and full out screamed anytime we put the costume on him, but finally came around when he realized the process involved candy.

We headed over to the Lyons' house again and were met with rain, lots and lots of rain.  While periodically checking the weather forecast and hoping that it would let up we finally got everyone dressed and decided to head out anyway.  Rain coats covered costumes, but spirits weren't dampened and the rain quickly turned to drizzle then disappeared entirely.  

 Mike and Lukas joyfully ran from house to house requesting candy and telling their jokes (a weird St. Louis thing).  Mike's joke this year was: What do ghosts wear?...BOO Jeans.  I was so proud that he remembered it and told it to every single person who handed out candy.  I was a little mad when an 8 year old kid we were also trick or treating with stole the joke, but we were able to move the bigger kid onto something else, so Mike could have his "Boo Jeans" glory.

 Unfortunately the neighborhood the Lyons' live in does not have sidewalks and the yards are pretty uneven, so due to the wet conditions all day I ended up carrying Ryan from house to house for over an hour.  I would dutifully carry him to a house, set him down on the porch and he would pilfer the candy dish while the other kids were telling jokes.  Then sweetly say "Tank OO" (thank you).

Once their pumpkin buckets were full we headed home, bathed two sticky boys, put them to bed and then practiced the fine are of candy theivery.