Halloween!

Little Red Riding Hood and the big good wolf. Elias started the night with face paint, but quickly smudged it off with his hands. :)

Halloween was excellent this year. We went to my boss's house in 49ers Country Club. It's a great place to do Halloween because the people are pleasant, there are only golf carts on the roads and my boss throws a nice party with catered Mexican food. His house also makes a good home base. We stopped first at the house of another friend who lives in 49ers to show off Elias and Eva's costume, and then we went to my boss's house.

Elias was thrilled because he loves my boss and his good buddy Aiden was there. This year Elias found out Aiden was going as Little Red Riding Hood and he told us he was going as the Big Good Wolf. He didn't want to be the Big Bad Wolf because he's been very observant of good guys, bad guys, policeman and jail. He didn't want to risk it.

Eva isn't old enough to pick her own costume so we decided she would go as a barrel cactus. We live in the desert, so it's a fitting costume, plus it's an outfit a baby can easily wear. :) Kristin spent the previous few nights sewing fur onto shirts and a hat for Elias' costume, and dying a big shirt for Eva's costume. They turned out great!

In the past Halloween was enjoyable, but Elias was shy and didn't really get into it. This year he was talkative! He said "Trick or Treat" at every house, and he also said "Thank You" to everyone. Sometimes he said "Thank You" before ever saying "Trick or Treat". This pleased me to no end. :)

Elias held hands with Aiden and her brother Isaac through the whole night and was so happy it was contagious. Eva was her usual content self. She just loves walking around and looking at things. Everyone loved seeing the baby dressed up like a cactus and Kristin got many invites to take candy for her. We had to decline due to Eva's age (5 months old is a little early for consuming a bag full of candy), but some people insisted that Kristin take them for herself. We took many pictures of all the kids walking together, but it's hard to get good ones when it's pitch black out. Luckily none of our kids went into epileptic fits from the intensity of our camera flash.

Eva in her barrel cactus attire.

The nice thing about going Trick-or-Treating with 3 and 4 year olds is they don't care about how much candy they get, so you don't have to do a Halloween Death March. We strolled leisurely up and down a couple of streets and returned with a small bucket of candy. We spent another hour playing at my boss's house and then drove home with tired kids and tired parents. It was a nice evening.