Happy Halloween

Here is our wonderful crew on Halloween night. What a hoot! We were excited! Kaitlyn had been counting down the days and laid out her costume appropriately about 4 days early and gave strict instructions not to let anyone touch any aspect of it. Sheesh!

Lindsey thankfully fit into this old costume that Sam wore on his first Halloween. She was so snuggly and adorable. Too bad she'd woke up that morning with a fever and had a rather yucky day. Thank goodness her fevers cleared up for a bit in the evening to go trick or treating with the family.

For WEEKS Sam was telling everyone he was going to be "Just like Bob for Christmas". Man did that get some puzzling looks. But here he is, "just like Bob", for Halloween! He was a PERFECT Bob the builder, he even looks like him with round head and face! His shirt was this perfect 2nd hand clothing store find for $4! I totally scored!!

And finally our Kaitlyn, who was a PINK princess last year, informed me that she wanted to again be a princess, but not a pink one, a PURPLE one. She loved the crown, the wand, and of course, wearing make-up!

Okay, and can we just talk about the HAUL our kids made?!?! We just went one little loop around our immediate neighborhood. Lots of people had just left out bowls on their doorsteps and we were good only to take one piece, unless of course they had signs begging us to take "at least 3" (good grief--what are they--a dentist?). But even with many homes not even giving out candy, this is what our community family candy bowl looks like now:

And because we're mean parents our children have a limit of ONE piece of candy a day. We figure this bowl will last us until at least 5 years or something ridiculous like that.