Trick-or-Treatin' on the Square

In all the years we've lived here, I never went to our sweet little downtown Gallatin to have the kids participate in the annual Trick or Treating on the Square event.  Don't ask me why.  Really, it's perfect for the littles in the preschool ages.  But as it happens, our huge pocket of homeschoolers gets to enjoy the festivities as well.  So when some friends of ours were going this year, we hopped right on those plans and joined them.  So glad we did!  It was a delightful morning. And it will make us feel better about our actual Halloween trick-or-treating loss if it rains tonight as we fear it will. :S

Some shots of the fun!  I can't get over Anna's face here!

And how beautiful that boy of mine is.

And how much I love getting to share these memories with them!

True story, I was BREATHLESS by the time I got all three in their get-ups and grabbed all we'd need for baby for a morning out.  Baby and her feedings and her diapers really count for 3 different variables (and therefore people) if you ask me, so I am seriously outnumbered when it's just me and them and us away from the house.  Throw in rinky dink Halloween costumes that I was afraid were going to fall apart before the main event and the layers we needed under them because it was stinkin' cold yesterday, and you have a bug-eyed-Kimmie who broke a sweat getting us all ready at the same time and out the door. :} 

But I soldiered on and just made mental notes to tell Josh that I was not doing costumes without him again.  HA!

We met Adrian, Becky, and some of Adrian's family on the library's front porch.  Noah and Anna were so pumped to know Jonah was coming as Vader.

Lasa rocked her cupcake costume and didn't feel the chill under all those layers. 

Quick photo op by the holiday backdrop that was dwarfed behind our kiddos - ha!

After that we were finally off!  We loaded up on sweet treats at every store-front along the Square, enjoying the sun and dodging the breeze + shade when we could.  Brrrrr!  We met some fun characters along the way.

We picked up a princess and matador buddy pair before we were done and, even after all that walking and activity and now hungry-for-lunch bellies, had a crew that was all smiles and took precious pics as needed again.  This is my favorite pic of the day!

My favorite moment of the day came when a perfect stranger with a Yoda baby asked to borrow our Star Wars peeps for a photo of her own.  We were thrilled to oblige!  How fun is this?!

Also fun, this moment that had Becky and me in stitches.  Hero and Villain, arch enemies, taking a water break side by side.  It's like something from a movie blooper reel. :} 

I ended up having to carry Lasa much of the walk ... which was hard to do whilst also pushing her stroller.  So my hands were not free to take a single picture once the fun got underway.  Becky covered me BIG TIME with all these great shots.  So thankful!  Karla covered me at times by grabbing the stroller.  And both talked me into attempting lunch out with them when everything in me was crying "MayDay - Get back on home turf ASAP."  We landed at Wendy's - which was funny in itself to see everyone's responses to our kiddos in costume.  Thankfully, Lasa was asleep by then and lunch out was a success as well.  With full bellies and a few moments rest, we all boogied over to our house and the kiddos played hard in the cool sunshine all the way to dinner ... which Josh brought home for us in pizza boxes.  :} 

So, all that to say - Great day!

Such a spirit lifter!  Thankful!