Halloween 2010

During the day, we went to Stanford mall for trick-or-treating. A mom of one of Beck's classmates told me about it. Any store that had a pumpkin outside their door gave out a treat. Locating the pumpkins was half the fun, like a scavenger hunt. It was fun, the kids practiced their lines (trick or treat, thank you, and happy Halloween), and I think it got the kids even more excited about trick-or-treating later at home. We even ran into Beck's classmate's family.

We usually celebrate Halloween with my cousins, rotating who hosts each year. This year we decided to stay in our neighborhood. Mathis was definitely a factor. The Yaus had us over for dinner, which was nice. We started eating before 6, so the kids could get an early start on trick-or-treating. After we got the kids costumed up, I headed home with Mathis who didn't want to wear his pumpkin costume (a hand-me-down from Maile) and didn't seem interested in making the rounds. Everyone else went trick-or-treating.

I thought they'd only be out for an hour but they were out for two and came home with their buckets filled almost to the rim. Half of the kids who came to our house were teenagers. I was hoping to see more little tikes. Although, I was paying more attention to Mathis helping pass out candy to notice the trick-or-treaters.

The few photos we took that night before our camera ran out of charge didn't turn out because of the low battery.