A Welcome Home Surprise

A little while back, Darin had been out of town for a week. He came home to this surprise:

Halloween part two

Yes, I realize we are much closer to Thanksgiving than to Halloween, but I had to finish the Halloween post. I think I've had a mental block about posting because I know once Thanksgiving is here we hit the Fast Forward button to Christmas, and I really want this season to last a little longer. Anyway, here are the rest of our Halloween festivities:

A couple of weeks before Halloween we went to Gardener Village to get in the Halloween mood:

I couldn't figure out why it was so blurry, but then I cleaned my lens. "Hey Kam, let me take your picture to see if it's better":
Much better. We made some new friends
used the buddy system:and had lots of fun searching for witches.
On the way home we got a bite to eat, then went to Tai Pan. We saw lots of fun things, and kissed up to the big man:
And here are a few more highlights from Halloween day.

Olivia and "Mr. Jude" the substitute:

Sean and "Miss Crest Toothpaste":

Warren and "Miss Fancy Nancy":
And David, courtesy of the clown photographer from the back seat:Other fun David Halloween memories included "Chuck-a-cheesing" (trick or treating), and being obsessed with his Elmo bucket, which he "needed" several times over the days following Halloween. I think his first words the morning after were, "I need my Elmo bucket." I leave you with a song we heard several times throughout the Halloween season. My mom taught this song to my kids, and they loved it.

(here are the lyrics in case you can't understand. Please excuse the Hot Wheels skates that make several appearances throughout the taping)

It's Halloween, the lamps are lit

around the fire the children sit

telling ghost tales bit by bit

and sister Jane says, "hush"

who's that creeping cross the kitchen floor

who's that peeking round the bedroom door

who's that screeching like his throat is sore

It's a GOBLIN!

Halloween part one

I have been wanting to do a family theme for Halloween for a long time. This year was going to be our year to do Wizard of Oz. It was perfect. One girl, three boys. Dorothy, Tin Man, Scarecrow, and Lion. I forgot that my kids are too old and too cool. Check out our costumes to see if you can tell which theme we went with:

The Dragon


The Motocross Dude

Legolas (with a haircut. He claimed the wig made him look like a girl)

The clown

The pirate and the witch

Still not getting it? Let me put it all together for you.
Yeah. There's no theme whatsoever, but we had a great time!