Elephant!!!!!!!

So Halloween, my most dreaded of holidays, was adorable, fun, precious, hilarious and Tootsie Roll filled.   The weather was the perfect degree of chilly and fall-like.  The girls were all smiles and good attitudes. The neighbors were out and the fire pits were sending off some much needed heat.  We adore our neighborhood, but nights like last night make us really adore our neighborhood.   And the single best part of the girls being 4 1/2 and 2 1/2 is that we started Trick or Treating around 6:30 and they were done, inside watching Shrek Halloween, eating a few treats and playing with their friends by 7:15.  The adults got to sit back and enjoy the fire pit, have a few drinks (myself not included) and not worry about  tiny toddlers running full speed into an open flame.
A quick pic before they got started.....my little elephant and Tinkerbell, accompanied by Buzz Lightyear and Woody.
Reese started the evening off in her usual Reesey form....crazy. She came out of the house yelling "ELEPHANT" in the loudest, huskiest voice you could imagine. Non-stop. For about 10 minutes. It's like she was announcing her Halloween-self to the entire neighborhood, just in case the completely obvious costume didn't give it away. Here she is mid-'elephant':
The girls kept asking when Halloween started....so once it got dark out, they were anxious and ready to go.
Ryan's jokes were hilarious. As in hilariously bad. She does knock-knock jokes. I have tried to teach her legitimate ones but she prefers to freestyle.
Her favorite is:
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Cheese.
Cheese who?
Cheese on the table.
Seriously.  Our lovely neighbors feigned a laugh and proceeded with the candy anyway.  Although she did win props with this one:
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Lady.
Lady who?
Lady who would like some candy please.
Reese was a little more direct in her approach. She tried to barrel through the line (the hell with waiting her turn) and would attempt to stick her hand directly in the bowl of candy before even so much as a hello. We had quite a few 'manners' discussions along the route.
Time to sit and take count of our loot.
Hope you all had a fun Halloween.  And yes, I have already hit up the sales at Target this morning.  Although I'm happy to report there wasn't much we had to have so I walked away spending $3 on a witches hat and $1 on a black tablecloth.