Costumes!!

We had our church trunk-or-treat on Friday and the kids were so excited!  They would not stop asking when we could leave for the church.

We all had a fun time with the chili night, costume parade, and trunk-or-treat.

 Here they are after they've scored all their loot.

Costume-wise, this has been our easiest Halloween, yet!

Benny requested a storm trooper costume for his birthday from Grandma and Grandpa this year and Grandma went ahead and googled "storm trooper costume."  If you ask him, he tells you that he's one of the good guys when they're dressed up as storm troopers.  I told him to choose Han Solo.

It was Andy's turn for the Optimus Prime costume and Benny so nicely asked if Andy wanted to borrow his mask to go with it. (The cheap-o mask that came with the costume got chucked sometime last year, I think, but Benny had gotten a much better mask with his birthday money.)

Without even hesitating, Lilia wanted to be Max in his wolf suit from Where the Wild Things Are.  The ears have seen better days and almost never stand up anymore.  But she looked great and was so excited to wear it!  She also did a great job of holding her tail the whole night so it didn't drag on the floor.

And Anne got to have her second year in the monkey suit.  It was a bit of a stretch to get her in and zipped all the way, but we did it.  And she had a great time hobbling around with all the big kids!  She was a big hit and you could tell how adorable she knew she was.  She had a big smile on her face the whole time - especially when she realized she was getting candy!  She was more than willing to say "treat!" when prompted.  And always ready with a thank you.  She looked so cute with her little treat bag draped over her arm.

It was a great time and they're all looking forward to Wednesday when they can go around the neighborhood.  Benny keeps asking if he and Andy can go around by themselves this year.  They sure are growing up!