halloween

I was saving the best picture, for last in this post, but accidently deleted it at the last second. So, why save the best for last? Here it is: Matthew loved the suckers he got trick-or-treating -- so much so, that he kept stealing suckers from his brothers loot bags. Gotta love his sticky grin!

I'm probably the last person on earth to post Halloween picts, but here goes! As I was loading the pictures, I realized that I didn't take any pictures of my older boys dressed up, probably because their enthusiasm for dressing up was zilch -- they're only interested in the candy. However, we did get a shot with the cousins at G&G's. Here's Ryan with Matthew (spiderman), Ethan, Katie (pumpkin), Rachel, Jared, and Jacob (clone trooper). Jared & Ryan are whatever you can imagine a black caped person could be -- I think they were going for some sort of grim reaper look. Rachel's butterfly costume was so very cute with a twinkling light-up skirt. Oh, the things you miss out on when you don't have girls!

Here's Jacob & Matthew all ready to head out the door to trick-or-treat!

Ryan and Jared took off with a group of friends and trick-or-treated for a good long time. Ryan was definitely the loot winner for the evening! Here's looking at what we think is 6 pounds of candy -- yes, I said SIX POUNDS!

Here's Jared's loot after throwing out things he doesn't like, doing a little trading with Ryan, and separating the goods into similar stacks.

Here's Jacob's loot for the evening.

Here's my little Matthew Spiderman, all ready for his first trick-or-treat adventure!

Here he is checking out his candy -- Mark took him out just on our street.

His favorite candy was the suckers.

The boys have been pretty good so far about eating their candy in moderation. They are also having a wonderful time trading candy with their friends or trading candy for basketball cards and other wonderful treasures.