Cupcake, Astronaut

Halloween hit our house this week.
It's been a big build up with the pumpkin patch visits and the pumpkins and then the pumpkin carving. We've been prepping E what she was going as for the big night and she's thought it was fun, even tried her costume on a couple times but only for a few minutes here or there. But Wednesday was the real deal.

We started at my office, went to Great Grandma Dar's, heading the Uncle's and then Aunt's, and

finished in our neighborhood with our house being the last stop. Mom and Dad came to our house so that when we rang our doorbell, they were there.

The kids didn't do too bad. Grady didn't want to hold his bucket. But he wanted to hold his items - which was fine until someone wanted to give him another thing. Then his system became a one in, one out. E attempted to help by taking things from him, which went over like a lead balloon. When E's bucket got full and we had to dump it into a

grocery bag, she wanted her "stuff" and was unimpressed that I didn't trust her enough to just hand it right over. She liked ringing the doorbell and visiting and wearing her "hat" but I'm not sure what she liked more... the trick or treating OR the visitors that came to trick or treat our house! She's also a very liberal candy giver. We probably had close to 30 in total.

Talking to Grandma Michele on the phone on Halloween.

Michele: What are you?

EER: I'm awesome!

Driving home after a Friday night out.

Drive past Gate City Bank.

EER: Ohhh! 

MJR: Yes, look at the bank!

EER says something.

MJR: Yes, it has blue trees!

ALR: Oh, good catch, Dad. I thought she was asking for big cheese.