Happy Halloween!

Even though our house was already filled with candy from our previous "trick-or-treating" adventures there was no way the boys were going to skip participating in the real deal! We even came up with a second round of costumes. A fireman for Harper (with his trusty firehouse dalmatian - Grandma!) and a skeleton for Adam (he's past the age of allowing me to come up with "cute" or "themed" costume ideas...sigh.)

We joined up with the neighborhood kids for a fun night of collecting more candy while the dads hung out on the driveway around a little fire as they passed out treats. Harper of course had to try and put out the fire - he was the fire chief for goodness sake. 

By the end of the night we had more candy than anyone knew what to do with - and some sleepy trick-or-treaters! 

Another successful Halloween in the books...

Halloween Weekend at Bull Run...

I think Halloween is quickly becoming one of our favorite times of year - second of course to Thanksgiving/Christmas of course! That said, Halloween really seems to be taking off lately and it's become almost a month long event. Our Halloween started at the beginning of October during our Williamsburg weekend and we got to experience another festive camping weekend at Bull Run at the end of the month. 

The weather was nice and crisp and we enjoyed just spending time out in the woods, playing at the park, going for walks, campfires, etc before the real fun began. 

The park had all kinds of things planned and we decided to go all in! We decorated our camper (though now where near as creatively as some of the others!)...

We dressed up in costumes...

We handed out candy to trick-or-treaters....

We were trick-or-treaters...

Harper participated in the Halloween "egg" hunt...

Adam was a zombie for the Haunted Hay Ride...

Wow! What a weekend! We had so much fun and we can't wait to make that weekend at Bull Run a new family tradition. Maybe next year we'll step up our camper decorating game - 8 months to plan!

A Steven Spielberg Halloween...

We had quite the movie/Steven Spielberg themed Halloween this year. Harper went as Jaws (ok, well maybe as a much cuter, kinder, less scary Jaws) and Adam went as Indiana Jones. Before the evening kicked off Adam finally got to carve his pumpkin - he came up with the design himself - seemed fitting after the weekend we'd just had. :)

We had the family over for dinner & trick-or-treating. "Mummy Bolis" and "Monster Minestrone" were on the menu. We took Harper out early and hit a couple of the neighbor's houses before the real trick-or-treating commenced. He was so cute walking around with his candy bucket and saying got so excited each time a new treat was dropped in.

For the main event the moms once again took the kiddos around the neighborhood (to-go wine in hand of course!) while the dads hung back and passed out candy while enjoying a driveway campfire. It's always one of my favorite nights of the year - and this year our neighborhood seemed to be even more in the Halloween spirit with lots of houses decorating - guess we need to up our game for next year!

The kids scored lots and lots of loot and had fun trading it with one another - always a highlight. Andy also took them all for a little Halloween golf cart ride before we all decided to call it a night. Once again Adam scored a ton of full sized candy bars - always boggles my mind - but I guess some people figure go big or get TP'd!! LOL!

Happy Halloween!!