I forgot to mention what a wonderful time we had trick or treating in our neighborhood on Halloween. Last year, we did the business district thingy down in Ballard where you go from store to store. We had fun, saw a bazillion kids in costume... but it was a little crazy for us. When we returned home we saw this family trick or treating along our street. We thought it was so great. The business district trick or treating is such a huge fad right now, but why not do it the old fashioned way? I suppose that Fremont may not be the most ideal neighborhood with the number of apartment buildings and Aurora Ave a few blocks away but we love it here. This is our home and there are a ton of other children living in our neighborhood too. Anyway, last year when we saw that family trick or treating we said to one another that next year we wanted to be that cool family and try out our neighborhood. Our friends the Kilburns wanted to do the same thing so we went out together.
Halloween evening, after a short stop by our church "trunk or treat", we met up with Max and family and ventured out. Let me tell you, people we super excited to have trick or treaters. Jasper got huge handfuls of candy at many a door (and often a handful for the parents and Gid too!). We were totally spoiled. Max and Jasper were so cute together. Sadly, I don't have any picture of them...
Here's one last shot of the boys in their costumes right before we left to go trick or treating around our Fremont neighborhood. Captain America and side-kick Bucky Barnes:
what the heck- one more with Gid looking at the camera:
4 comments:
We had such fun with you guys! I'm totally kicking myself for not getting a picture of all of our kids dressed up. We'll have to remember to do that next year!
It's amazing how many people don't explore their own neighborhoods anymore. One of my other friends commented on her blog that she loves Halloween because it's the one night a lot of neighbors go around and greet each other. I think it's great that you did the old fashioned thing.
Sara, their costumes turned out fantastic! We did the trick-or-treating the "old-fashioned" way as well - although in a friends' neighborhood (where they actually give out full size candy bars...to kids?!?)
So glad you had fun! Sorry we missed out on the playgroup party!
Our ward never does trick=or-treating. We moved in on Halloween and no one was home. It was wierd. We did trunk or treat last year, but blah. We end up just going to Ogden now. Still, not many trick-or-treaters, so the boys get plenty of candy. They would always ask if Matilda wanted some too.
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