Trick or Treat

I really wanted Reed to be able to trick or treat this year but since he is still fairly young, Kieran would be coming along, and there are car seats involved I decided to do what we did as kids which meant contacting Grandma and Grand Aunt Penny ahead of time and stopping by for very special custom made Halloween treats. Our first stop was Penny and Mark's house. When we got there Reed suddenly turned shy and didn't want to knock on the door or talk much. Penny had put together adorable treat boxes for both boys and Reed quickly warmed up and we had fun hanging out with them for a little bit.

The next stop was Grandma and Grandpa's. Reed was again shy about knocking on the door and was even more scared when Grandma opened the door and Grandpa was dressed in a scary costume. We quickly told Reed it was just a costume and he was totally okay with it. The boys instantly made themselves at home and Reed got to open several different treat bags. We didn't stay too long because we had to get back to our house to make dinner and hopefully have some trick or treaters of our own.

Have you heard of the The Teal Pumpkin Project? It is such a great idea - basically if you plan on handing out any non-food treats you paint a pumpkin teal and display it on your front porch. You can also just print out a sign that features a teal pumpkin. This lets kids with food allergies know the house is safe to trick or treat at. Reed did a craft earlier in the week to make a teal pumpkin sign and I painted some pumpkins teal as well. We don't usually get many trick or treaters but definitely wanted to be food allergy friendly and help support the cause.

As in the past Grandma and Grandpa joined us for dinner. We only ended up with two kids knocking on the door very early in the evening and then a dozen or so all coming together at the end of the night. While it was a little disappointing not to have more costumed kids for Reed to see we had some fun of our own by putting on some of the glow-in-the-dark bracelets from Mark and Penny and some of the glow stickers from Grandma and Grandpa and playing in the dark. It was a fun night as always!!!