Trick or Treat

I love Halloween. Not the candy--although I love candy. But I love that a simple light on your porch, for one magical night a year, signals you can approach total strangers and ask for candy. That a neighbor you never speak to is suddenly your friend. I love that you get to exercise creative muscles and create costumes. Or buy them at Wal-mart. Whatever. I just love the dressing up and being something different for a night.

That said...

I'm glad Halloween is only once a year. Yesterday was not my finest hour as a mother, I'm afraid. Some days the kids just push all your buttons. By the time we got to trick-or-treating (an hour late) I was pretty much ready to send them to bed. But, they were super cute. So maybe I'll remember it differently when I look at the pictures.

Here's our funny moments list:

• Gage got his haircut recently. He looked in the mirror at the hair salon and when we told him how cute his hair was he said, "I'm Reid." I guess Reid's hair really gets commented on a lot more than Gager's. He was cute.
• Gage sometimes calls Reid "Reid-man." As in, "Nice throw Reid-man."
• Reid said the other day that his stomach hurt, and Nick and I were discussing it. The word "diarrhea" came up, and Reid said it was throw-up out your bottom...

I know there were more. I'll add to the list if we remember.

Danica is getting a cold. I'll let you just ponder on how miserable it is for a baby to have a cold and fill in the rest.

And, what you've all been waiting for...Halloween Pictures! Yes, I made the boy's costumes. No, they couldn't walk well in them. Yes, it did make trick-or-treating pretty interesting. But, I would do it again. I love them.

I didn't edit the red-eyes first. Sorry :)

Getting ready to trick-or-treat:

The side view:

Gager

Wait for it...a bunny in a pumpkin patch!

Just in case you missed the coolness of the boy's costumes. Note the serial number & cool "air force" on the wing. Thanks to Kari for cutting those on her cricut machine (the one I covet)

The other side

Gage has the best bed-head

Still handsome...

SO CUTE!! I think this dress is from the Childress collection. SO CUTE. Say it again. SO CUTE...