Halloween at last!

B went with Clay to his school and they carved pumpkins with his kindergarten class. Here is the carved pumpkin he came home with! (While he was there he had so much fun chasing the girls around the gym!)

Since B carved his pumpkin already, Ry, Clay and I set to carving ours at home. Ry got a chance to scoop out the "ew" inside his pumpkin and he wouldn't touch it to save his life.
He got to choose what shapes he wanted (just like the pumpkin on www.starfall.com--if you have children under the age of 5, what a great website to learn how to read!)

Here are our final products--Clay's is by far the most intricate and detailed!
Of course, mine is the only girl pumpkin.
Even though this shot is blurry, I love the expression, the tongue, the candy (and the anticipated sugar high...)

B's dragon (actually dinosaur) costume...

Ry was an old school airplane pilot.


The boys and I went trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. In case you don't know, we get about 500 kids every year. Parents drop off their kids because the houses are so close and everything is so safe! We went out for about one hour and Ry was such a trooper... up and down the porches, saying, "trick or treat"... for weeks later he would carry around the basket giving us "trick or treats" of toys, blankets or stuffies for us to have. What a sharing boy!

Yeah! October is finally done! It was a busy month for us! Stay tuned for November! (I'm getting there...)