Halloween!

Halloween this year was fun for us!  Michael had registered for the Zombie Crawl 5k in Wichita Falls, TX that took place the weekend before Halloween.  I was excited to go down there as a family and take photos of all the costumes, but after learning that the race didn't actually start until 7 pm, we decided it would be best for me to stay home with the kiddos and get them to bed at their normal bedtime instead of keeping them outside in the cold and 45 minutes from home.  For the race, you can register as a zombie or a survivor.  Each group has different goals to complete during the race.  I spent about 1.5 hours on Michael's zombie makeup and sent him on his way.  He met one of his drill sergeant co-workers there for the race, and he kept me updated with text messages and funny photos of people dressed up in zombie costumes.  I hate that I missed it, but I just did not want to get Juliana out in the cold weather that night. 

This year was also Jericho's first Halloween trick-or-treating in actual neighborhoods, including our own.  Our neighborhood was a letdown, though, because we were one of two houses on our entire street giving out candy.  I guess all the other kids had gone to Elgin or Ft. Sill to trick-or-treat, though I don't understand why.  After hitting up Mrs. Tommie next door for candy, Jericho went with Michael to Elgin to ring a few doorbells and build up his candy stash.  My little bat only lasted about an hour.  Juliana sat on my lap outside the garage to help me greet trick-or-treaters, but it quickly got chilly outside and she was ready for bed.  When my neighbor Sara showed up with her two children, I gave them all that was left of our bowl of Kit Kats and turned in for the night. 

This was Jericho's second year dressed as a black bat.  He was supposed to be a zombie but changed his mind the day before Halloween after seeing Michael's zombie makeup for the race.  No zombie races next year!