Five Little Trick or Treaters

Halloween and Christmas are definitely the most fun holidays when there are kids in your family.  In keeping with the usual tradition, I told the kids they had to use costumes we already had, so here is what they decided:

Caleb is a hobo (Will Work for Candy); Noah is wearing a cute costume from Mima, a dragon or dinosaur; Jackson is wearing the Woody costume that has been around since Caleb was 4; Lillian is wearing a kitty cat costume that my Mom sewed for me when I was a little girl (which Ella also wore a few years ago), and Ella made up a fairy princess costume using a flower girl dress and other various things from their costume trunk. We started the night trick-or-treating at a friend's house from church, then headed to see Uncle Austin and his mom.  She always has fun treats for the kids.  After that we headed to Trunk or Treat at the church where Lillian's preschool is, then to our neighbor's house to hang out with our friends from the neighborhood.   Luckily the kids didn't get a ton of chocolate so I am not tempted to sneak a piece here and there. :)

 Lillian and her teacher

 First time trick-or-treating not in the stroller

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No School!

Since there was no school today, we spent the day downtown at the Kids' Museum and Crisper's for lunch (gotta love those 99 cent kid's meals).  We walked there and met some of our neighbors.  It was a fun day and I loved having Caleb and Lillian home the whole day.

Another "Catch-Up" Post

I realized today as I was uploading pictures that I had some on the point and shoot I carry in my diaper bag dating back to August... oops!  Here are those along with the ones that have been sitting on my Canon SLR memory card for several weeks.  I am not promising that they will be in chronological order and I will still not be completely caught up with posts.  At least it is a start!

August - Legoland!  They sent us free upgrade tickets for our annual passes so we got to experience the water park... a nice treat on a miserably hot summer day!  I enjoyed the water park much more than the regular park.

 Parker Street Bell Tower Dedication Ceremony

 Project board highlighting work that was done on different homes in the neighborhood - several are of our humble abode!

Mischief at home

Car Show

 Glazer Children's Museum - a field trip for FLVS.  My camera battery died not long after we got there but I was able to take a few pictures.

Soccer!  The oldest 3 are playing and next year Jackson will be old enough.

Ella scored a goal! 

Our old neighbor and dear friend Cat came for a visit with her son. 

Monkey Bread!

Noah's first lollipop after Women's Bible Study (September 11) 

Laughing and looking at books with Grandma

My loves (minus the youngest one who was sleeping)