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After Bath

We usually let the kids play for a few minutes after bath. It lets Lillian's hair have time to dry and I can finish packing backpacks and setting out clothes for the next day. Lucas looks guilty (as usual). I think that is a Fisher Price old fashioned rooster sticking out of his mouth.

Trick-Or-Treat

October 31, 2008: This is approx. 4 p.m. We made it home from school (where Lillian had worn her costume in the morning for the party then changed to regular clothes) and immediately put costumes on (again) to get ready for early trick-or-treating in downtown Guthrie. I convinced Lillian to pose for a few pictures.

4:10 p.m. Lucas is more fascinated with the tiny pumpkins, but at least he didn't notice that I put the costume on his head.

4:15 p.m. Move on to impromptu shots of Lucas playing with an Easter egg (we confuse our holidays in small towns!).
Lucas decided the egg would be great in the pumpkin. Somehow, I think the Easter bunny would be offended.

4:25 p.m. He spent the next several minutes taking the egg out and putting it back in.

4:30 p.m. Brent arrives at home and we load up to join the throngs of people descending on the downtown merchants. Hundreds, possibly thousands, of people walk shoulder to shoulder around town, collecting candy before dispersing to various church carnivals, neighborhood trick-or-treating, or the home football game.

5:00 ish: This was Lillian's attitude for the majority of the walk; she didn't want to be there and she wasn't afraid to show it. She had some hang- up with saying "trick-or-treat."

5:45 p.m. After waiting in 2 drive-thru lines (we couldn't agree on food), we made it home and scarfed pizza and tacos, respectively.

6:30 p.m. The real fun begins! We met up with our neighbor friends, Emily, Noah, and Zach, with intentions of canvassing the neighborhood. Lillian begins to catch a spark and spends the next hour racing from house to house, calling out, "I see one! Their lights are on!" Obviously, she has some sort of vampire gene that causes her to prefer dark over daylight where candy is concerned.

Lucas happily cruises in his stroller with the Tinkerbell wand that is forgotten amidst the excitement of a sugar high.

Cute Costume

Confession: Halloween isn't really my thing. I know as a child I enjoyed dressing up and getting candy, but the adult in me doesn't like coming up with costume ideas and then making them happen. I usually search ebay for the costume I'm looking for and buy it for the cheapest price. Now that Lillian is old enough to choose her own alter-identity, I have to search a little bit harder. For Lucas, I just wanted something cute. I found this on ebay about a month ago. When it came in, I didn't try it on him; I just hung it in the closet. I put it on him about 10 minutes before we left to trick-or-treat. It was much cuter than I imagined on the 2-D ebay pictures! He didn't really care for the head part but it was nice and warm when the evening temps cooled.

My costume this year? An orange shirt that says This is my costume. See? I told you Halloween isn't my thing.

Look, Ma, No Hands!

No training wheels!

It's still a work in progress, but she's doing very well!

Photo Shoot

Eating a leaf ended the picture taking