Monday, November 3, 2008

Halloween, For Real!

We don't do Halloween every year. It's not out of any particular religious conviction (sorry, Mom!), but more out of annoyance at the rudeness of the trick-or-treaters that we have skipped it in the past. This year, David decided that he wanted to give Carver the fun of picking a costume and going around the neighborhood. I'm so glad he did--we ended up having a blast! We were planning to go with just our family, but two friends called that afternoon and asked if they could join us, since they both live a little too far out in the country to have a good neighborhood for it. Since our neighborhood is such a typical subdivision, it was perfect!

Here are Ellie and Josiah (c'mon--how cute is that?? a lion and a tiger?--I don't think we could've planned it better!), checking out Laura's antenna on her ladybug costume.


Here's everybody! L to R: Carver (Batman), Ellie, Jonathan, Nathan (Goliath--what a great idea!), Josiah, Samuel (the Hulk), and Mary Ella. In front: Bayly, Laura.


The 3 ladybugs (also unplanned):


Dad, trying to pose our kids for a picture (no, the actual picture didn't turn out):

Ellie and Mary Ella eating some of the spoils while the big boys finish trick-or-treating:
It was so fun! I'm really glad that friends came over--next year I'm going to plan it that way.

1 comment:

Emily M. said...

So cute! I love how the costumes worked out, too--a few animals, a few bugs, a few super heroes... I hope the trick-or-treaters were polite to you this year. =)