Happy Halloween

Our Halloween started on Thursday, when Haley got to to trick-or-treating at preschool.  When dropping her off, poor Seth was PETRIFIED of one of the teachers dressed up as a penguin.  All through the day, if any of us mentioned the penguin, Seth would start crying and saying "it's pretend" (pretty much trying to convince himself).  So, the next morning, when I said it was time to take Abby to school, Seth burst into tears.  I called the school, and teacher Kelly offered to wait to put her penguin costume on until we had dropped Abby off.  I was able to assure Seth that the penguin was all gone, but he still did this all the way to preschool:

Look how scared he looks...so sad.

Once we got to preschool and he looked all around and saw that there really was no penguin, he was thrilled.  All through the day he would randomly say "no penguin" with a smile.

On Saturday night, we went to one of the local Christian camps, Mission Springs, where some friends were having a potluck and some trick-or-treating.  We had such a fun time, the kids got their costumes super dirty, and Seth got his first taste of trick-or-treating.

On "real Halloween" we went trick-or-treating at a local church that does a great job with really fun decorations and NOTHING SCARY!  Our friends Laura and Lisa came, which was a really big help.  Oh, and we ran into one of Haley and Abby's friends from preschool and the girls had a blast trick-or-treating together.  Seth also loved trick-or-treating.  At one point I was holding his candy bag (it was getting a bit heavy) and he shouted "where's my candy"!  Then we came home and took the kids around the neighborhood a little.  Fun, fun, fun.  Now, of course, we are all enjoying the candy!

"Jelly" the cat, Grumpy Carebear, and Pinkalicious:)

Super dad!

A picnic and a cupcake!

Blowing out the candle!

The kiddos and their buddy!

So happy to be together:)

Oh boy!

So much candy!

We counted Abby's (after some had been eaten) and she had 145!