Great Halloween Times

We started off the Halloween week with a trip to Disneyland. We have been making tons of trips there since the kids are still free and we have season passes. After seeing the spectacular firework show synchronized to spooky music we went on Ellie's favorite ride, the Matterhorn. It still doesn't make sense to me that she is tall enough for this roller coaster but not a log ride like Splash Mountain.

Later in the week we carved the pumpkins that we picked up in Morro Bay a few weeks ago. Ellie loved pulling all the seeds out and making a huge mess in general.

Here is Ellie with the finished products. Ethan was asleep by this time, so did not make it into the picture. We weighed the benefits of having him in the picture, but ultimately our own sleep later on that night seemed more important.

Here is the Trick or Treating crew for Halloween night. They were just too cute. Elise and Ethan rode in the stroller and Ellie and Gavin were in the red wagon. If you know where my parents live, then you know we burned off at least a few of the calories we consumed that night!

Brother and sister just before getting loaded up with candy.

Here is Gavin and Ellie's haul after just a few houses. While going around the neighborhood the kids were so excited about all the candy they were getting. Sitting in the wagon Ellie kept asking "Gavin, what are you going to do with all that candy?" to which he replied "I don't know what are you going to do with all that candy?" It went back and forth like that for several blocks. Both kids were sacked out by the time they hit the pillow. So were we.