Our first “trunk or treat”!

I was first introduced to the idea of “trunk or treat” events last fall while reading through numerous blogs. It’s something new to me & had previously not heard of it in our area.

That is, until this year.

After hearing numerous radio ads about a local “trunk or treat” event going on, my sister & I decided to take our boys & check it out…us, along with about 2000+ other people. I later found out that this was the 10th year they held this event, although it’s only gained popularity in the past few years. This year’s attendance was record breaking for them.

We waited in line to get into the event for about 45 minutes. When my youngest nephew, my boys & I first got into line (my sister & oldest nephew met us there less than 10 minutes later)…I thought we were crazy to stay. But, we did stay. The weather was beautiful & warm (60 degrees) and the boys behaved far better than I had hoped they would. They were excited to be dressed up & all ready to collect some candy, so heading home at this point would have been a big disappointment.

Three amigos...excited, but not yet aware of the
wait we have ahead of us!

My two cuties!

Wyatt - Spiderman
(don't ask, he put on a sad face & asked me to take his picture)

Colton - BumbleBee the Transformer
(what one does, the other follows...)

Part-way through the event...a quick photo-op stop.

All four kiddos!
("I" - Dark Spiderman, Colton, Wyatt, "N" - a Knight)

The event was very well put together and the load of goodies the boys came out with made it much worth the wait! It threw off the rest of our evening though, as we had not expected to spend the entire night there, so as a treat for good behavior we took the boys out for a late supper all together at a quick-service Italian place.

We had a fun night & it gave us another opportunity for the boys to wear their costumes – especially now that tonight’s trick-or-treating forecast is chilly & windy!

Happy Halloween!