Halloween 2012.

Halloween is always such a fun day for the kids.  I understand there is a ridiculous amount of candy involved, but really that is not what it is all about.  The kids love dressing up and pretending to be something fun as well as participating in a neighborhood outing.  Our kids are always excited to get candy and we usually let them have a couple pieces once we are home.  The beauty is that we then put the candy away and they usually ask for a piece the next day and then forget all about it.  The bad part is that Ryan and I are the ones who indulge in the sugar.  Better us than our little ones I suppose!  This year we had a Vikings football player, dragon, and a lady bug.  They were all costumes we had at our house which was awesome!

The kids couldn't dress up for school but Landon had crazy hair day.  We spray dyed his hair orange.

 So of course this one wanted PINK hair!

 AND this one, too!  Kadence had fun spraying her little sister's hair and Kenzie loved being just like her!

 It was 5:30 and time to head out before it got too cold and too dark!  I love trick-or-treating with little ones!

 Our tough little football player.

 Our mean little dragon in her football stance...

 Little lady bug Kenzie.  I had planned on her wearing a bumblebee outfit that we had but she screamed bloody murder when I put it on her!  Luckily, I had this lady bug costume that she loved!

 She was having so much fun walking on her own and carrying her bucket!  She didn't want to ride in the stroller or have me carry her pumpkin.

We all had a fun time and it was great to see Kenzie enjoy her Halloween so much!  Ryan was in Sioux Falls for Gary's shoulder surgery so we did Halloween without him this year and managed just fine!

A little lady bug story...
Kenzie was pretty good about not eating the candy (amazingly).  I found out the next day that she actually snuck a tootsie roll that I didn't know about at the time.  The only reason I knew was that she had a purple tootsie roll wrapper stuck half in her bum and half out when I changed her dirty diaper.  I pulled it out (obviously) not knowing what it was to find out it was a perfectly intact purple tootsie roll wrapper.  I will never see a tootsie roll the same again...good thing I didn't really like them in the first place!