Trick-Or-Treating at Sleepy Hollow State Park

Every year, the state park that is located about 15 minutes from our house, hosts a trick-or-treating night.  It seems that it is an event that the campers look forward to, as they reserve their camping sites more than six months in advance.  A lot of them decorate and then pass out candy from 5-6 pm on the chosen date.

We have never participated until this year, as we were invited by one of Steve's coworkers to come to their site and go trick-or-treating with them.  The weather was cold and rainy, but we made the best of it.  After all, I already had the kids' Halloween costumes and it was an opportunity to get a little more use out of them! 

A quick family pic before the kids changed into their costumes ...

Samantha was not thrilled when I insisted that she wear at least one long-sleeved shirt under her mermaid costume.  I also urged her to wear both gloves and a headband.  (Side note:  Despite having an extra layer of clothes on, it was actually Samantha that was COLD and begging to head back to the camp site long before her siblings were ready to throw in the towel.  Hmmmm).

Hopping down from the changing station, aka the back of the van:

A mermaid, a lady bug and a pirate -- all dressed in boots and gloves for an hour of chilly/rainy trick-or-treating:

Jack was a complete hoot to watch.  He was faster than each of the girls, and ran from one site to the next saying, "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" to each and every person.  It was like he just simply knew what to do ...

Often, we actually had to encourage Jack to just slow down and wait for us.

Posing by one of the spooky campy sites:

Over all, it was a nice time.  The kids each ended up with a full gallon-sized bag of candy (which I am rationing out) and tired little legs that forced them to sleep well that night.  I think that we will definitely try to do this again next year ...