Trick or Treat

Today was the day that most children look forward to all year and the Heinisch children were no exception.  Meg and Cam had planned their costumes week before and made them on Thursday.  Cam has really been into the television show "We Bare Bears" lately.  Thus, he and Meg wanted to go as Grizz and Panda.  Cam bought a panda hat and bear gloves at Target.  They each got a new white t-shirt and used fabric paint to spell out "#Save Our Cave on the front.  They also made signs with the same slogan on Meg's and "This Cave, Our Cave" on Cam's.  It was an unique idea and I was proud of them for making their own.  Cal did go to Goodwill today to look for something new for himself, but decided to go with his standby the Woopie Cushion.

Brooklyn and Avery came over to trick or treat with Cam and Meg.  I do not know how many years they have gone together, but it has been a tradition for some time.  Brooklyn and Avery dressed as the Doctor and Marty McFly from Back to the Future.  Jayce, Cameron, and Harry all left with Cal at 5:30 to start their trick or treating even though it was earlier than the advertised time.  Cal had a white kitchen trash bag and said as he left "I'm not coming back until it's full."  Both groups did come back within an hour and a half happy with the candy they had already received.  Cal's group added Sam and took off for more.  Meg decided she was done.  It had rained and they had a full bucket of candy.  Cameron wanted to hand out candy and enjoyed that until the time for trick or treating ended.

Once Brooklyn and Avery came back over they played Five Nights of Freddy in the basement until Cal and his friends came back.  Doug made nachos for the boys and those were much appreciated.  The boys added Nick and Stephen before the night was over.  They watched football and hung out in the basement for most of the rest of the evening.  While the girls were reading Meg's writer's notebook and talking, Cam decided to watch Night of the Living Dead with Doug and I.  Cam made the movie a lot more enjoyable by mimicking the zombies as they "chased" the living and pointing out the flaws in the plans of those trying to escape from the undead. Earlier in the evening I heard one of the Heinisch children say, "This has been the best Halloween ever."  Glad that we could be a part of that.