Trick or Treat

With two hungry babies loudly "telling" me they needed immediate attention, a four-year-old insisting he needed help putting his shoes on so he could go trick or treating, about 15 trick or treaters already at the door and a cat meowing to be fed I think labeling it as a stressful few hours is an understatement. I was counting the minutes until John got home from work. Unfortunately that did not happen until the trick or treat hours were over. Thankfully Hunter is a pretty easy-going kid who does not throw temper tantrums. I put him in charge of candy and told him we'd trick or treat after I had nursed Tyler and Brody and then fed Roman afterwards. At one point I had to change diapers upstairs in the nursery and I heard the doorbell ring. I thought it odd because I knew Hunter was handing out candy. When I came down I saw him at the door doing just that. I asked him if everything was okay and he told me it was. I said, "Oh, I heard the doorbell ring so I thought you weren't handing out candy anymore." He said, "No, see...I'm handing these out!" I looked and he had opened up an individually wrapped package of Runts intended to be handed out in its entirety and was giving each kid ONE runt (not the package). We're for sure going to be called the stingy house after that one. Too funny! It definitely lightened my mood. After getting everyone ready for the adventure we headed out around our block. Hunter hit all the houses he could while I pushed Tyler and Brody in the double stroller. Brody screamed his head off the entire time and I'm not sure why. Once John got home it was much more manageable. We had night-time trick or treating to look forward to. Since it was 35 degrees tonight Brody and Tyler stayed home with John and Hunter and I got some alone time. It was much more fun than this afternoon.