May the Force be with you!

Last night was just about as perfect as a Halloween night as you could ask for. Well, for Iowa. ;-) It was a little chilly but honestly...there weren't snow drifts so I was thankful! I had convinced the kids to dress up as Star Wars characters a few months ago and couldn't wait to see them all dressed up!!






It was just me and kids this year so I left our bowl of candy on the porch (secretly hoping some kid would just dump the whole thing in his/her bag) and headed out into the neighborhood. I had decided that I would let the kids go as long as they were in good moods and didn't whine or throw a fit. When the first person cried or caused a scene we would head home. Otherwise, I wasn't going to put a time limit on it. I mean, it's Halloween and it's only one night a year. Little did I know....they would last almost two hours!!!





We had such a blast!! The kids had so much fun and we are finally getting to the stage where Ella can really keep up with the older two without a lot of assistance from me. So I got to stand back and watch them have fun and occasionally help Ella when her bag got too "hea-bee" for her to carry. ;-) Finally at 7:40 the Ella was too tired to walk anymore and Josh and Lauren were tired enough to agree to head home.

So we had a quick candy snack-fest and headed to bed for the night! All in all...it was a successful night!