A Happy Halloween

I looked back at all my posts that are 'in progress' and it's sad, very sad. So many events and not enough time to get them all out there. Sorry about that. I guess when you have two toddlers, you're constantly on the run!

Of course, any holiday where we can dress up Blake Christensen is always a personal favorite of mine! Upon donning his halo, he immediately got into character by praying. He finally laid his head in my lap in defeat and seemed to say, "Please take this silly costume off of me. I don't deserve this kind of humilation". Good times, good times :)

Halloween was a perfect night in Illinois this year. It was so warm that the kids wore their costumes without the usual sweatshirt, jacket, scarf and mittens. Sasha had decided that he would be a ghost. I asked him every day for two months, "What do you want to be for Halloween" and every time he would respond, "I want to be a ghost and say BOOoooo!" Of course, the week of Halloween talk of Spider Man surfaced. The costume had already been purchased so a ghost he was. Mia, who fortunately can't communicate her costume preferences yet, went as Snow White. I had gotten this idea from Jan who dressed Katy as Snow White last year. There's just something about both their coloring that makes them the cutest Snow Whites ever.

Without further comment, here are some of our pictures from the evening. You'll see that we spent the evening in our neighbor's driveway (they are the nicest people) and welcomed trick or treaters through out the night. Bryan, aka the Godfather, joined us and Sasha loved being taken out for 'tag team' trick or treating - first, Nathan and I took both kids in the wagon, then Nathan took just Sasha on foot (part of the 'a tired boy is a good boy' technique), then Randy showed up and chased Sasha from house to house (Sasha was pretty motivated by this point and ran to every house), then Bryan showed up to finish the Sasha Halloween mad candy dash. Mia was far more content to be adored by Abby and Jill and soak up all the compliments and attention. She helped by dropping candy in our visitors' bags.

We stopped at one house which totally highlighted how Halloween has changed from when I was a little girl. Here's the photo:

Next year, Nathan is bringing his laptop, I'll bring my IPhone and text folks while others can read novels while we all drink various kinds of beers. This is quite the take on the 'new' Halloween!

I have thoroughly enjoyed catching up on all my dear friends blogs and seeing photos of their cuties. It's incredible how fast children grow and change. I can hardly wait until next Halloween when I'll see photos of Amy, Holly and Nichole's daughters as well, all friends in the process of adopting from Russia.

Hope everyone had a very happy Halloween .. now back to packing for our road trip to Texas tomorrow. Do you sense the fear?