Saturday, November 01, 2008

Of Witches and Dragons

Halloween was great this year - warm weather, not on a school night, and both kids could walk on their own and knew how the "trick-or-treat" game works. In fact, they seemed to have quite the system down: Haley would race ahead to knock on the door, Jake would get there in time to say, "Twick or tweet! 'Appy Awoween! Rooaaar!", and then they would both stand there and chat and charm the socks off of our neighbors, who wound up throwing in a few extra goodies for them. They both made off with quite a haul. The highlight for Haley was getting to stop by her kindergarten teacher's house...the blessings of living in a small town!
Meanwhile, Rob did a very believable Slash impersonation and had a great time doing so. (All the 40-something moms answering doors recognized his character right away.) I think he's found his new favorite costume...

Happy Halloween, everyone!

I love these super-warm costumes from Old Navy!

Rockin' out with dad - could there be anything more fun?!

Jake the Dragon prepares to dig in to his prey. DIBS on those Reese's....

Haley didn't mind digging in to get the "guck" out, despite her grimace.

Jake refused to touch any of the pumpkin innards - who'd have thought he'd be the squeamish child?

Ta da! This year's masterpieces.