I confess: one of the reasons we chose to go to Tulsa for Halloween is to completely avoid any Halloween parties. We can never decide on costumes to wear, and frankly, I don't really care for Halloween parties anyway (or hunting for a sitter).

However, the weekend was really fabulous, and we're all very glad that we went! The Tulsa Promenade mall held trick-or-treating beginning at 4pm. We thought that was a perfect time, because it allowed us to get it over and head back to the hotel in time to swim for a bit before bedtime!

The kids traipsed store to store asking for loot. Amara didn't even really complain about her box, which by this point had been run through the ringer! It was hardy holding together anymore. She asked, "Why are people always looking and laughing at me." I assured her it was because her costume was so cute and everyone loved it -- she got SO many comments from passersby. As did my handsome little cowboy, who was deemed "the cutest cowboy they ever saw," by a couple of people.

For younger kids especially, mall trick-or-treating was wonderful. It wasn't overly busy here, because it was GORGEOUS outside. We were done with the mall in about 45 minutes or so and ready to head to the hotel.

Or we would have been... had Jon not been sucked in by Foot Locker. :)