Happy Halloween!

After picking up Keahi from school (and having missed their Where the Wild Things Are parade) we headed out to Derek's house for play and lunch. Iz met up with us there after getting home early from the hospital-YAY! I tried to get pics of the boys in their wild things costumes with limited success.

It was slightly easier to pull Keahi and Jarom away from Derek's place since I could promise them they'd see him again in 3 hours to go Trick-or-Treating. And it still took some convincing to get them out the door and home for naptime. And then we had to get them out of these lovely leaves. Keahi loved riding home with daddy.

While Laie 3rd ward's Halloween bash may be more festive than our new ward, I must say that street trick-or-treating here in Brooklyn far surpasses my hometown. There, streets might be blocked off to make it safer for the kids, but here they have to block it off for the costume parade full with oversized puppets, loud cheerful music, and tons of people showing off their costumes. We met Derek and his dad to ToT at the local businesses along 7th Ave. Keahi refused to stop at any place until we had met up with Derek who was not so fastidious and thus was taking longer to reach the rendezvous point. The boys jumped for joy and shrieked with delight at seeing each other. The glow bracelets and the fun flashlights were both big hits. I love that Derek bothers ToTing when he doesn't like sweets. I guess it's just part of the Halloween experience. Some of the costumes we saw in the parade were amazing. I loved the mini float that was only supposed to have Cleopatras riding it but ended up carting a bunch of tired tots. And we also ran into our friends the Dargers and the Wolfgrams with their boys Peterson and Caleb. So it was big fun all around.