Trick-Or-Treat

Halloween landed on a Sunday this year. Apparently that allows for more celebratory opportunities which obviously equates to MORE CANDY. I love candy just as much as the next person {and probably more if it consists of chocolate and peanut butter} but our house is on sugar OVERLOAD. I'm secretly removing candy from the boys' buckets a little each night and putting into another 'bucket' that will not be digested by my children {but our little Samaritan's Purse kiddies will enjoy}. Three little people high on red dye? No thanks. And it's virtually impossible to find any candy without artificial color. It's unfortunate but d1 and d2 have come to accept it. Actually, I'm finding it is teaching them appreciation - when I get a good price on organic M&Ms or fruit roll-ups at Whole Foods, I am 'the best mommy EVER.' Poor kids, so deprived.

So where did the candy come from? Saturday we did the neighborhood party with Grandpa D and then a little trick-or-treating. Sunday we went to the TFBC Fall Festival and then more trick-or-treating. It was the strangest thing - counties and/or subdivisions were able to decide which day would be the official 'Trick-Or-Treat' day so we did a little both days.

This year, we were fortunate to not spend more than a few bucks on costumes thanks to some borrowed accessories and hand-me-downs. d1 was a Clemson football player {with a Tennessee helmet - don't judge, he didn't care}, d2 was Spiderman and d3 was a turtle. Here are my little people in all their 'scary' get-up....