Halloween

The week before Halloween, I came down with a cold. It wasn't horrible, but I did have a fever for a couple of days and my voice disappeared. A few days later, Adam came down with it, too. And, of course, it had to happen on Halloween weekend. On the Saturday, before Halloween was our church's party. Adam really wanted to go, but he still had a fever, so he and Aaron stayed home and played board games.



Samuel and I went to the party and lots of fun seeing all of the creative costumes. I stood at a door in the building and Samuel followed the lines of kids "trick or treating" through the building. Samuel carried Adam's bucket and asked for candy to take home to him. What a nice brother!



On Monday, it was Halloween and Adam still had to stay home from school. His temperature was borderline and he had a bad cough. He was very sad to miss the party at school, but we stopped by his class and get his treats on our way to pick up Samuel.



That night, Adam's fever seemed to be gone, so both boys got to go out. Adam was a "muscle ninja" and Samuel was a knight. Adam's mask didn't last long and it made a handy scarf. This is the first year we've been trick or treating in our neighborhood, and it turned out great! The boys got some full-sized candy bars and their buckets were half full after just a couple of blocks.

Adam was worn out by that time, so I took him home. Samuel and Aaron stayed out for awhile longer and Samuel returned home with a full bucket! We were all home by 7:30pm and Adam fell asleep early.