happy halloween and other stuff...

Our Halloween was great, a simple tour around the neighborhood with the munchkins and a few parties previous to that. I made the kids' costume: Jack was a dinosaur (a stegosaurus if you asked him...) and Ellie was a fairy princess. I like to make their costumes for some reason. When shopping at Wal-Mart one day for some supplies, the kids spotted baby costumes and insisted that Robbie be a pumpkin for the holiday. The costume kept him warm and Jack was very happy that "Small" was dressed up as well.

My thoughts on the Democratic landslide? God bless America. We live in a great country when your team can lose and the world doesn't end. Democracy is a wonderful thing. Life goes on. On the upside, Obama is inheriting such a mess he has no where to go but up, really. So good luck and here's to seeing how the next four years go.

And now, on to recent photos:

Just because the back of their costumes were where the action was....

Mr. and Mrs. Regal around the corner always have some interesting costume or another to share. This year, Mr. Regal was a rather large hula girl. This isn't the best shot, but Ellie just stood and stared at him for probably 3 or 4 minutes before we could convince her to keep going. He even did a dance for us. :)

Doughnut holes and cider at the fire hall.

We ran into Butterfly Sophie trick-or-treating with her friends. She and Small look perfect together.

My camera is having some issues focusing. It certainly has nothing to do with the day I left it sitting outside by the sandbox the night of a downpour. Anyway, the Lonsberry Halloween crew. Somewhere this night, Aubrey and her boyfriend, Brandon, were Santa and Mrs. Claus, but I haven't seen any photographic proof of that.

The end result: piles and piles of candy that Mom, to their chagrin, barely lets them eat.