Sunday night was Trunk or Treat at our church. I don't know if Trunk or Treat is just a Franklin, TN thing or not. I had never heard of it before coming here though. We have a devotional, chili supper and then the kids trick or treat from trunk to trunk in the parking lot. It doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but at Harpeth Hills it is HUGE. People go all out when decorating their trunk! A lot of them don't even include their trunk anymore! They create an entire scene right there in the parking lot. This year our Life Group made a pirate ship and we all dressed the part. Nathan and Laura have always enjoyed decorating a trunk and this year they roped our life group into doing it with them. Eric got excited about it and made the cannons for the ship, a brass monkey with cannon balls, and a plank to "walk" for the ship. He even made me and him dress up. We hadn't dressed up for trunk or treat since before Grace was born. That year I was actually pregnant with Grace. I wrapped myself in torn sheets and wrote "Mummy to be" on my big belly. I made a coke can out of poster board for Eric to wear and wrote "Pop to be". We were pretty proud of ourselves that year. But since then, we have just dressed up the girls.

This year some of the trunks were pretty cute. One group made a whole cowboy scene with two real ponies to ride and a campfire. Another group had the Holympics with with events for the kids to participate in. Another group had a movie theater with popcorn, a red carpet, and a big movie screen with the Charlie Brown Halloween movie playing. Another group had a car wash with little kiddie cars for the kids to drive through and they washed their windows and gave them candy. There was also a monster cafe, a scooby van, a Kroger grocery store, a pet grooming salon and a really cute voting booth. The kids went in a voting booth and voted for their favorite kind of candy. They could choose chewy, crunchy or chocolate. When you put your ballot into the slot for the candy your chose, a piece of your favorite type of candy came out! Too cute!

There is always a huge crowd too. I've actually skipped trunk or treat a couple of years because the crowd is just too much for me. We couldn't even find 4 seats together to eat our chili. The girls sat on our laps. It was fun though. The girls got into the pirate spirit along with Eric. Now what do I do with all of these costumes, cannons, plank and cannonballs?