Spooktacular 2008

Downtown Georgetown hosts the "Spooktacular" event every Halloween where all the businesses pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters from 1 - 5. Since we live out in the country - Spooktacular has been the time that we have dressed the kids up and gone out begging for candy. :) It's fun... but my favorite part is being at the office passing out the candy to all the kids that come by. They are sooooo adorable!!!



This year, since we had to divide and conquer - Tim took two of the kids trick or treating, and I kept two with me passing out candy. Many of the business people dress up as they pass out candy... and I had two kids available... so Sara and Ali turned out to be the cutest two telephone technicians that you have ever seen!!! They were hilarious. They are so funny... but so different. Sara wanted to give everyone candy and pencils... while Ali wanted to be sure that everyone only got 1 item. She was counting out items, while Sara was grabbing them by the fist full... it was so funny to watch them find a middle ground and work it all out and in the end... they had a BLAST!!



They would yell and wave their arms to attract attention... and they would tell each group all the other businesses that were passing out candy on our side of the street. They were so adorable. When Tim got back with the two little kids, they didn't even want to leave their posts and go out on their own. They were having too much fun waving at the cars, the kids and parents that stooped by, and they absolutely loved all the attention that they were getting.



At the end of the day - we came home and had a family fun night with pizza and the traditional It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown... and the not so traditional Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie.



For Sara, this was her first Halloween home. It was amazing to watch her take it all in. She was in awe of everything... she completely enjoyed talking to every stranger that came along...and she oooohed and ahhhed over every child and especially the babies.



For Ali... she was all about being dressed up like Daddy. Her current goal is to work at Hi-Tech when she gets a little older. This child is so smart. She is making super great grades and reads way above her grade level. I keep telling her to be a doctor - or even a lawyer. She is wonderful at debating and arguing things from every angle. Right now... she just wants to answer Daddy's telephones. :) So sweet.


For Rachel... she has been telling me for a couple of years now that she wants to be a ballerina. This year she didn't want to buy a costume... she was going as a ballerina princess... and she pulled everything out of her closet herself, including the "magic swan" not seen here. HILARIOUS - especially considering her birthday (which was the next day...you will hear more about that next time).



For McCaleb... we tried and tried to get him to be a number of different things. I even pulled things off the Internet that we wanted to make. Airplanes, bull riders, a dump truck... all kinds of stuff. He wanted to wear his horse outfit- again. Seems like we should have been tickled to death... but it was packed away in a box in the basement, which we are trying to finish... so we had to open about 10 boxes to find it. He was so happy!! Next year I am hoping for a change - but he announced that next year HE is dressing up like Daddy. I think he just wants to carry the tools. :)


It was another fun day! The kids really enjoyed it... and I had fun just watching them. They are so much fun.