Welcome to our new Blog. Dan has had one for awhile, but I thought I would try to start one about the kids that we could both contribute to.
Yesterday was our first trick-or-treating experience. Caleb has somehow made it through 4 previous halloweens without trick-or-treating, or even having a costume. I have wanted to get him this monkey costume from Old Navy for the past couple of year, and when I saw the baby banana costume this year, I couldn’t resist. Caleb enjoyed himself trick-or-treating up and down our street, but is pretty picky about what he will eat, so more candy for us–not that we needed any, most of the hour that people would have been coming to our door, we were going door to door ourselves so we have plenty left
. It was very warm out, and I just carried Anneke along. She was a hit with the other parents waiting on the sidewalk, smiling at everyone and trying to kick her little legs (a bit hard in a banana costume).
Caleb has been very excited about Halloween this year, mostly thanks to preschool and their seasonal activities. Here he is with his class at their field trip to the “punkman” patch. I had the day off, so we all went along. Caleb got to pick a pumpkin to take home. The instructions the kids were given was to pick a pumpkin “about the size of your head or a little bit bigger” Caleb took these instructions very seriously. We were walking through the field trying to find just the right one when I turned around and saw Caleb doing some pumpkin measuring. He eventually found just the right one and it is currently sitting on our back porch, probably rotting. We never did get into the pumpkin carving this year. Maybe next time.
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