Halloween 2012

A couple days before Halloween, Jeff decided he wanted to carve our pumpkin with the girls. Neither of the girls were interested in touching the guts, so we all just watched Jeff do it. Then we all went outside and watched him light it and looked at it in the dark. Jeff suggested I make Halloween cookies, but I was being lazy and I really didn't feel like it. I am such a bad wife/mommy.

Berkeley in her bee costume ready to trick or treat!

Cheyenne in her duck costume ready to trick or treat:

The girls trick or treating in the wagon! So much fun!

It was cold on Halloween night so we switched from Fairy Princess Costumes into the warmest ones we had which happened to be a duck and bee... I thought they were pretty cute too:) We met Cheyenne's little friend Layla and their family and trick or treated around a neighborhood near our houses. About halfway through, a man came up to me and asked if I had dropped my camera. I checked my pocket and sure enough, my camera was gone! The man told me where he lived and I sprinted back to get the camera. Thank goodness for honest people. Seriously so sweet. The only way they knew it was my camera was because they looked at the pictures and then found the duck and bee! What is it with me and cameras? 

After we finished that neighborhood, Jeff was on his way home from football practice, so we decided to meet him at home. I pulled the car in the garage and sent the girls around front to trick or treat to Jeff. I closed the garage door and Jeff opened the front door, gave the girls treats and then we all went out the front door to trick or treat around our neighborhood. Jeff had his car keys in his pocket and so he locked the front door on the way out. As soon as he shut the door he remembered that he had taken his key off to give to my brother when he was visiting and had never put it back on his ring! We tried everything we could and we even were stopped by our neighbors who thought we were burglars! We have awesome neighbors by the way! 

We called my dad and our friend Steve as we were walking around the neighborhood and got the number of a locksmith. We called him and he said he wouldn't be able to come until about 10:30. It was 8. After we got done trick or treating I think it was about 9. So we went to our friends house thankfully, because it was pretty cold. The girls emptied their trick or treat buckets and chowed down on some candy. Then, since we both have the same visiting teacher, Robyn, she came over to bring us even more candy! 

Robyn gave us a ride back to our house and we got there about 15 minutes before the locksmith came. I don't know what I was thinking, but I thought locksmiths had some sort of Master Key that they just came and unlocked your door. Nope. He tried to pick the lock for half an hour! It was the worst grinding sound too. The girls fell asleep in our laps while we were waiting. Finally, he said he could just drill out the old knob and put on a new one, but he didn't have any the right color so it wouldn't match. I told Jeff to make the decision since he had to get up early in the morning and Jeff told him just to pick the lock a little longer. Well, the patience paid off because about 10 minutes later, we were in! It was $85, which sucks, but really they could pretty much charge whatever they want because our only other option was to break a window! We finally laid the girls down around 11:30 pm. It was our most eventful Halloween yet!

The girls get to pick two pieces of candy a day, and it is so funny because Berkeley will randomly say throughout the day, "Soobee doo buttet" The first little while I could not figure out what she was saying for the life of me. Finally I understood, "Scooby doo bucket." So every time she wants her candy that is what she says. Oh yeah and they also got these king size pack of skittles from a cop who was driving around handing them out. I thought that was so sweet. He pulled up to us and I thought he was going to say, "Have you seen this man?" I was a little creeped out, then he gave the girls the candy, so funny!