HALLOWEEN!

This was such a fabulous Halloween!  It was a little chaotic from a parenting stand point as Steve didn't fly back in from a business trip until that evening, but we had a LOT of fun.  Paige was a beautiful pink butterfly, Molly was a sassy peacock, and Garrett was a fruit bat. I wasn't able to convince them to go with a tight "theme" this year, but I guess they were all winged animals.

Before trick-or-treating, we went to our neighbor's house for pizza with another family from our neighborhood.  Their creative daughter even arranged a holiday craft, and the kids all made spider headbands.  It was very cute!  After the craft and dinner, we hit the streets with six VERY excited kids (one of which was in a stroller).

Steve made it home just in time to grab some pizza before heading home to man the front door.  He didn't fail to get into the Halloween spirit and managed to dig out a costume himself!

Just as the kids were starting to wear out, I got a call that their cousins were going to drop by for a quick visit.  That was the perfect excuse I needed to convince them to finally go home.  By this point I was carrying Paige, but Garrett and Molly were still going strong.  We were so happy to get to see the Savage family dressed up as Gru (Scott) and the Minions from "Despicable Me".

Then the kids plowed back some candy before heading off to bed at 9:00.  I felt SO sorry for their teachers knowing that they were going to school the next day with a sugar hangover and lacking sleep.  At least their preschool teachers were smart and scheduled and pajama and movie day!