Halloween morning, we ran to target and picked out some $2 pumpkins. Eric got started on the carving with the kids. 
I came downstairs to find they were already drawing their cutouts on the pumpkins, but none of the pumpkins had been hollowed out properly.
So, of course, I get to do the grunt work. (This is why I hate carving pumpkins.... cleaning them out!) I continued to hollow out the guts out of the pumpkin while Eric helped them draw and carve.
Ian drew his own cut out of an owl... he looked at another example and copied it. Megan did the same thing with a haunted house. They both have lots of artistic genes that skipped me. 
Halloween dinner - Haystacks in the dining room with lots of Halloween candles lit.
The finished pumpkins: (left to right) Megan, Ian and Brayden. (Brayden's was done by Eric.)
The trick-or-treaters: Megan, Ian and Brayden. Taylor stayed home to pass out candy and Eric and I walked around with the kids. Halloween is my favorite night in our neighborhood.... everyone comes out... everyone is friendly... and the evening weather is usually perfect!
Yes, we had the "green" (aka cheap) Halloween this year - making up costumes from stuff we had on hand. Megan dressed herself up as a witch, and the boys were ninjas. They just wore the darkest clothes they had and then tied black shirts around their heads to complete the ensemble. (The neck hole is the opening on the face.) Oh, and they wore their nerf swords on their backs, lest anyone be confused and think they were dressing up as bank robbers. Talk about my "white trash" trick-or-treaters! Oh well, I didn't care one bit!
