Trick or Treat!

This year was the first year that Brady and Ian had the same Halloween costumes, but they didn't care one bit because they loved their costumes! They love fire trucks and they're always pretending to be puppy dogs, so it was only fitting to dress them up as dalmatians this year. When we tried their costumes on a few weeks ago, they did not want to take them off! They were so excited to finally get to wear them on Halloween.

We stopped by Nana and Granddad's house first:



Next we went to see Uncle Herbert and Uncle Don:


This was the first year that we trick-or-treated in our neighborhood. We just went to a few houses close to ours. The boys didn't want to go home - they thought it was great to walk up to peoples' doors and get candy! At one house across the street, a teenage boy was dressed as a knight (complete with a helmet and sword) and was passing out candy on the doorstep. Ian said, "The knight might hurt us." We explained that he was a friendly knight, he was just our neighbor wearing a costume, etc. We started to walk up the sidewalk and Ian stopped in his tracks, started crying, and wouldn't go any farther. The boy's dad wound up bringing some candy to Ian and Brady!

Since then, any time we ask the boys if they had fun trick-or-treating, Ian will say "I didn't like the knight."

Just like last year, Brady and Ian have wanted to wear their costumes around the house each day. I tried to get some pictures of the two of them together - I don't know why I keep trying to pose them for photos - it just doesn't work!

Here's Brady showing me his paws.
Ian had to make some adjustments to Brady's costume.
This is what happens when I ask them to smile:

At least one of them is smiling in this picture!
Here's a video of them having fun at home yesterday in their costumes. Ian kept chasing Brady in circles and saying he was going to get Brady's tail.