Early Trick-or-Treating

This last Saturday, we made plans to go to Sleepy Hollow (the state campground) for some early trick-or-treating.  It's a pretty big event for the campers -- a lot of them decorate their campsite (and some of them even dress up!) and then sit outside to pass out candy for an hour.  It's only about 15 minutes from our house and the weather was darn close to perfect, so we gathered the kids and their costumes and headed out. 

We got there about an hour early so that we could meet up with one of Steve's co-workers at their site.  I had a quick dinner packed for the kids, so they ate that at a picnic table before donning their outfits.  It was a nice trial-run so that I could then determine what we need to make their costumes better for Halloween (Sam needs a white shirt that fits her better, Jack needs long underwear to wear underneath his form-fitting costume, Sophia needs a higher collar on her shirt for an itchy place that bugged her and Jimmy -- well, he was all set).

We did not cover the whole park; we really only traveled over half of it.  And I was fine with this.  The kids filled their bags with enough candy to last a while and they had a blast doing it.

A quick photo at one of the campsites before we started:

Samantha was a ghost, Sophia was Maleficent, Jack was Flash and Jimmy was a lion.

As you can see, the weather was perfect -- almost 60 degrees and not a drop of rain in sight (unlike last year when it POURED buckets of rain and we opted to just stay home).

My little lion:

For the most part, the kids stayed together and visited the sites in unison.  I was grateful for this, as I know the time is coming when they will want to quickly run off and grab as much candy as they can, as fast as they can.

Jimmy was a bit leery of clowns and the scary decorations, but then warmed up to them and realized that that they are all just for show.

Mr. Independent was a favorite among everyone there.  His little voice that said, "trick or treat" and followed that with "thanks" as he walked away was certainly something to see.  He has a lot of personality inside his little body!