Happy Halloween

As promised, here are the pictures from the pumpkin patch. The kiddos were more interested in the people walking around the patch than they were in the actual pumpkins. We spent about twenty minutes taking pictures and walking around and picking out a pumpkin. By the end of our adventure, both kids were covered in hay; Harper spent the majority of the time trying to put the hay in her mouth. It is is getting harder everyday to get those two to sit still for pictures and look at the camera. I am worried that once these two start walking, all their pictures will just be a blur.  For now, we'll take the little smiles we can get.

For Halloween, Harper and Jack were Tigger and Winnie the Pooh. There were hats to go with the costumes; the hat's didn't last too long, but we tried. Tony's office had a Halloween party for the kiddos, so we stopped by and the kids got to trick-or-treat around and play in Tony's office. We also ran into twin girls who are two months older than Harper and Jack; it was neat to see our kids interacting with other kids their age.

When we got home, we ate dinner and then sat on the front porch and handed out candy. There is an odd phenomenon in our neighborhood: we have lots of kids that live around us, but on Halloween our neighborhood is dead. There aren't any kids out trick-or-treating; it is so weird!  Tony and I talked to our neighbors tonight (who were also on their porches handing out candy) and we commented on our Halloween memories as a kid and ringing every doorbell on the street to get candy; we all agreed that we were trick-or-treating pros compared to these kids now. We also agreed that it was strange that we have so few kids every year. This year, we went through one large bag of candy, and we had to give each kid a handful (4-5 pieces a kid) to finish off the bag- crazy! The twins seemed to like handing out candy, and were even happier to be able to be outside when it was dark-very outside the norm.

We had a great Halloween and I'll leave you with a couple of pictures of our little Tigger and our little Winnie the Pooh. Happy Halloween!!