So this year we decided to dress up as Pirates. It was a last minute decision, but it all came together pretty well after a very long trip up to Vancouver, WA to get Parker's Costume Thursday Morning.On the 30th We went to Grandma Eaton's Home for Trick-or-Treating, and then met Tony's Dad for a late dinner. Parker's Trick-or-Treat ended up being more like Treat, and he had to be prompted each time. He also was not that into the candy which I guess is a good thing. Except for the Suckers. He really wanted to open all the suckers right away. However we had a good time, and were home before bed time.
However we had a little bit of excitement at 11:30 that night. I woke up to Tony yelling at me to get out of bed, that the police are outside. I ran to be with Parker as Tony tried to determine what was going on. He saw the some people wrestling around on our dark back patio. The Police finally knocked on our back door, and Tony turned on the patio light to find 2 police officers, and a young man handcuffed with his head in my Dahlia Plant. We were then told that there was a party a few houses down and the cops were called for a noise disturbance. When they arrived one of the attendees of the party decided to run from the Police, right through our fence and into our back yard. Yes I said "Through our Fence". Our Fence had a huge hole in it, and Parker's Picnic table was broken all up. Needless to say it was a little hard to get back to sleep after all that.
Now onto the 31st. We went to Chelsea and Bryan's for some homemade Pizza, the Duck game, and then some Trick or Treating around their neighborhood. The first two houses we went to gave Parker suckers so we had a mini meltdown when I wouldn't open them right then for him to eat. After we got over the disappointment that I wasn't going to do that we went to a few more houses before Avery declared she was done and wanted to go home so she could eat her candy. Great thing about trick-or-treating with toddlers. We did convince them to go to a few more houses, but then we did decide to head back before the end of the game. The kids ran around the house and stayed up way past their bed time. It was a fun, safe evening, and I couldn't ask for anything more.
