Halloween could not have been a happier day. It was simply magical. We started out the day sending Luke off to his preschool Halloween party, all dressed up in his costume. Clara was feeling a little left out so I filled her pumpkin with some chocolates while Luke was off having fun at his own party, Clara had her own personal chocolate party. So Clara happily watched cartoons, having free reign over the amount of chocolate she ate, with no older brother to pester her. She repeatedly exclaimed to me, with chocolate drool running down her face "mommy, I so happy!" I enjoyed watching her enjoying herself so much. I told myself since it was a holiday, it was ok to let herself completely engorge on chocolate! After we picked Luke up from his preschool party, Luke was so excited and came home with plenty of candy from the party. The kids couldn't wait for trick-or-treating that night. They were asking every 5 minutes if it was time yet. I told them they had to wait until it was dark outside to go trick-or-treating. Without any prompting from me, they decided to take matters into their own hands. I guess their creativity sparked, and they decided to get a jump start, or practice their trick-or-treating skills. They took their pumpkins to their bedrooms, and with the candy Luke got from his preschool party, they took turns knocking on each others' bedroom door. The ran back and forth trick-or-treating to each other, essentially giving each other the same candy back and forth. It was literally the cutest thing EVER! They did this back and forth giggling. After a while they Luke decided Clara needed to be in her costume too. Clara knocked on Luke's door, and after she said "trick-or-treat" to her surprise, she was refused candy. She wasn't refused all the times before, but Luke's reply was "sorry sweetie, you need to have a costume on to get some candy." Talk about hilarious! We couldn't get Clara to put on her costume prior, because that would involve Clara wearing a dress. Getting Clara to put on a dress is like pulling teeth, but apparently if it means going trick-or-treating, wearing a costume dress is something she was willing to do.
Later that evening, when it actually came time for real trick-or-treating, the kids were off. At each house they were so excited over each individual piece of candy. After each piece of candy, instead of immediately throwing it in their buckets, they had to come and show it to us yelling "mommy, daddy, look what I got!!!!" They were on sugar over load! Each house was a new adventure. Clara was happy to walk right on in to many houses. She thought she was there to party. She didn't understand that you just knock at the door and wait. I guess she was going to go on in and find the candy if she had to. After every house they asked if they can go to the next one. They were little energizer bunnies! Again, their excitement was magical. They even got cotton candy and toys like bouncy balls. After we got back to the house, they dumped out their buckets and looked over their stash. They immediately started eating whatever their hearts desired. I hope we don't endure extra cavities soon, but it was just too fun to watch their eyes open wide at all the goodies. Luke said Halloween was the best day ever, but he says that about a lot of days. They had just as much fun passing out candy when we got back to the house to all the other trick-or-treaters who came to the door. Clara was trying to pass out her own candy from her stash. They were simply excited about everything. This stage of their lives makes holidays simply the best!
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