Halloween

Cute little monsters aren't they?

This Halloween we went to the Yates house for dinner and trick or treating. They have become our friends over this last year. We met when Sam and Owen were in preschool together. Terri and I had the babies less than a month apart and took turns walking the big boys into school. The boys became great buds, we had some play dates, and now we've got real family friends of our very own.

Trick or treating with them was so much better than just going it on our own. I remember going as a group when I was little, all the neighborhood kids in a big bunch. It was a blast back then, and thanks to the Yates, this year was just like that. Terri invited a bunch of friends from preschool (even though Owen doesn't go there anymore, he still likes to see those guys), we had chili and hot dogs, acted silly and LOUD, and eventually made it out the door for some candy...except most of the houses were either not participating or had the bowl on the front step. The adults were all a little disappointed in this, but the kids could have cared less, and we had enough candy anyway. Blake fell asleep about 3 minutes in. Sadie stayed awake, but barely. Can't wait until next year!We tried to get everyone in a picture, but they were too excited to sit still. Here's my best shot out of like 20. Owen went as Spiderman this year, it's not my first pick because I feel like he's a little too young for all that kind of stuff, but I guess I'm wrong. He did look pretty cute in his little muscle man suit.

The kids were so done with taking pictures. Here's about half of the crew. Owen was so excited about his light up shoes because it was the first time he got to wear them at night, and it was the first pair I've ever let him get. I'm a basic style shoe kind of person, so Owen just got lucky that we only had 10 minutes until the store closed the last time we were at Stride Rite Outlet.

Good dads taking turns with the strollers. Two out of three were asleep. The boys were so excited they literally walked INTO a couple of houses when the people opened their doors. All of us parents were yelling from behind the strollers, "Get back! Take turns! Calm down!" which was kind of a lost cause. Speaking of which, the last house we went to was back to the Yates's, but a real live witch had snuck in to try to scare little boys. Didn't work, but it was fun.

Throughout October since Owen's not in school and we were in need of some quiet activities while the babies were sleeping, we made a haunted house. We worked on different parts each day like salt dough ghosts, pumpkin pie dough pumpkins, paper bag trees, and diaper box house. Nice to spend some time being creative with my little buddy.