Happy Halloween!

Lydia and Eli in their "borrowed" wagon

Eli started out with a dum dum and ate it the whole time. Happy as a lark getting rained on and dragged around.

Eli watching Lydia jump around and say "quack quack"

Though Michael had to work today, we were able to actually have two Halloweens this year. Yesterday we went with our friends the Merlands to the Ronald McDonald Halloween Trail that they had at a park off of Watt Road. Though we all got eaten alive by mosquitoes and lost the Merlands half way through the trail, we still walked away with candy and a red wagon (The Merlands, our van can have tons of stuff in the trunk).

Today, Courtney, or Aunt Tatey known by Lydia, came over and we carved pumpkins, baked pumpkin seeds, and went trick or treating despite the rain. Please don't make fun of the bad carving... I was pressed for time. Eli went as a skeleton and Lydia as a Duck... and she actually wore the hat the whole time. Since we had the wagon, we used it (thanks Merlands), and the kids had a great ride while Courtney and I got great exercise. (We live on a hill... and for some reason no matter what route you take you end up walking up 3 hills and down just one?!?!) Lydia greeted every door with "trick or treat... quack quack". LOL Eli wouldn't let go of his pumpkin to get it filled with candy (that's one kid you don't want to take candy from!) so I had to get it from the homeowners and put it in his bucket.

We had a VERY successful run of trick or treaters too! I had bought 5 bags of candy and I ran out at 7:30 and had to turn off all the lights. (And I only had one piece!)

We also had the wonderful arrival of my first niece, Taylor, today, so Happy Birthday and Happy first Halloween!