Trick or Treat Times Two

This morning we beelined it to the Square in Gallatin to enjoy a Trick or Treat test run with friends.  Getting three kids in costumes wore me the heck out.  Then chasing after Lasa wore me out again.  Then carrying Lasa around the square added insult to injury.  And then the heat.  Y'all.  85 and mosquitos on Halloween, staring down 88 ridiculous degrees tomorrow, November 1st!!!!, and you have a dead Kimmie. She is in hell.  Where in the world is Fallllllllllll?

Anyway, where was I?  Oh yes, festivities.  Trick or Treat on the Square.  My trio was dressed in classic Halloween garb - Ninja, Black Cat, and Pumpkin.  (Lasa freaked out after I drew cat details on Anna's face.  So funny!) (That pumpkin costume she has on is the very same one Anna wore her first year trick or treating.  Love!)

The precious, precious pumpkin who loves dressing up even flashed me a picture perfect smile in a posed front porch pic! 

On the Square, she was amazed at all the sights there were to see.  All the sights were enamored at the preciousness that was our pumpkin, too, for that matter.

Lasa had ditched her bucket after two seconds, so it was up to the kids and me to carry it for her.  Lesson learned - she's in for the fun, not so much for the technicalities.  

Lasa pretty much only wanted a piece of candy in each hand and she was good to go.  

This is our second year taking on the Square with Becky, Jonah, Kiyah, and Elias.  Dear, dear friends.

Second year collapsing at Wendy's afterwards, too.  After trick or treating and then eating out with three kids all by myself, I returned home and needed a nap.  I am getting old and it doesn't take much to drain me entirely! 

Josh hated to be missing all the fun and hurried home for round 2 in the neighborhood.  I heaved a sigh of relief for the reinforcements ... and I took the stroller like I should have done this morning.

Lasa {opted} to ride the stroller for a change. Before we even got to the end of the driveway!  I think she remembered all the walking from this morning, to be honest.

She did try a few houses though.

Mostly it was these two bigs, side by side, my precious pair going yard to yard.

Anna didn't last the whole trip.  By the end she was just staying in the street with me, having me carry her bag, clawing her way back home.  That's her in a black velvety puddle beside Noah.  Ha!  It was hot though ... and they were in head to toe long sleeve costumes. Last year was sleet, this year was HEAT. Sheesh, TN!

Lasa was ThRiLlEd at the night's profit.  She literally sat down IN the candy, shrieking with joy, and grabbed all she could and thrashed around on top of it.  

We were hard at work, sorting out the peanut candies, when she poured out that bucket and we had to start all over.  We were over her Halloween spirit at that point.  She had to be removed from the premises, which brought on a whole new round of shrieking and thrashing. :}  Pretty scary!

Hot or not, we'll call it a successful holiday. Happy Halloween 2016!