Costumes and trick-or-treating

From the time my kids have been big enough to talk, I've let them choose their Halloween costumes. Usually, their choices fit within a certain theme. (Although, not always, unless you could say the theme was "animals" that year.)

This year, we threw themes out the window. Bekah wanted to be Princess Leia. Ana wanted to be ... wait for it ... a walrus. Miri got to reuse the cow costume (which is reversible) to be a horse (since she always neighs VERY enthusiastically whenever she sees a horse).

The three hooligans on our porch before the neighborhood trick-or-treating.

As always, we trick-or-treated at all the Idaho Falls' grandparents' houses. First we visited Grandpa Wirkus.

Grandpa insisted they each take five pieces of candy. When Miri only got two, Grandpa had to put three more in the sack I held. "But Grandpa," I said, "she can't even count."

Grandpa Scott was helping Grandpa Wirkus put a new doorknob on his shop. While Bekah teased Miri through the screen door, Grandpa Scott sneaked up behind her.

Then we stopped at my parents' house.

Grandma was on the phone when we arrived.

While we stopped at home to eat a quick dinner and pick up Seth, Grandma Susan and Grandpa Dennis came over to borrow our computer to Skype with Cooper the Cowboy in Virginia. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures because I was busy warming up lasagna and making some last-minute flipper feet for Ana.

After throwing our dishes in the sink, we drove to Old Grandma's house to show off costumes and pick up some treats.

I told the girls we should have brought an eye patch for Old Grandma since she already had a parrot on her shoulder.

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