MMmmm… the purple ones taste best.

How do you spell TROUBLE? J-O-S-I-A-H.

Josiah and his friend from church, Sara Beth, enjoyed playing together on the little kids slide.

Princess Ballerina Analise and the elusive Dr. Spandex.

Dr. Spandex and the costume family.

Josiah says "Salute the cupcake!"

Analise will be a ballerina princess tonight for the Fall Festival we’re going to, but tomorrow her school has a Nursery Rhyme parade
where the 3- and 4- year-olds are supposed to come in costume and parade through the rooms for games and treats.
My mom sent me this little Dutch girl costume that she made for ME (so many years ago!!!!),
and Analise is going to wear it and carry her lamb… Mary Had a Little Lamb. She looked so cute!!!

I know it’s off-center, but I think Brian’s caught some good, spontaneous moments
of me and the kids this weekend. This is one of my favorites.

Riding a tire-horse swing.

The bumpy ride to the patch on a horse-drawn wagon.

Josiah walked ALL THE WAY through the field. It was a big field, and there were lots of vines and bumps to maneuver.
He picked his perfect pumpkin out first thing, while Analise went from pumpkin to pumpkin and couldn’t find just the
right one until right before we got back on the wagon.

Couldn’t work my Photoshop magic on this photo, even though there were about 10 to choose from.
Analise had a fun time, but it was hard to catch her smiling!

Compare to last year’s visit to the patch…

*sigh* Where does the time go?

A pretty princess in my mirror (excuse the dust!).

Analise was very scared when we arrived at the party. There were a couple scary costumes,
including her friend Gage, who was Spiderman. She cried for the first 20 minutes.
Then she found the cool cookies and treats and a fun bedroom to play in and she forgot to be afraid. Thank goodness.
Brian, of course, came to the party as Dr. Spandex, in his bike tights, helmet, dress shirt.
A true-to-life costume he’s had to wear once for class when he forgot his keys to his office so he couldn’t change before class.
Yes, I was one of the few not in costume. Unless you consider my usual attire to be Supermom in disguise, which is what I claimed:)

My little lion man, who did laps around the living/dining/kitchen area, mostly bc it had 4 steps he enjoyed, with a melted cookie in his hand.

Friends of ours…

The most original costumes of the night: Darryl is Barry Bonds, with syringes sticking out of him.
And Laura is Michael Vick (it says "ConVICKt" on the back of her jersey). So funny.
Josiah loved the dog attached to her leg. He kept petting it and giggling.
Another person showed up with a gorilla mask, and Josiah also loved that. Quite a contrast to his sister!

A serious look from my handsome little man.

All smiles before diving down the slide!

Racing! (Josiah won… and bounced off onto his bottom. If we hadn’t been laughing, he probably would have cried.)

Brian caught this one, too. I like the angle and offset cropping.

"I want this one!!"

Analise picked her pumpkin! She had $6 to spend from Grandma Vivian, and this was the lucky one.

Isn’t this great?? You’d never know… all the pictures only showed one of their faces, none with both.
I spliced two photos together. Magic! I think it looks AWESOME!

Trekking home:)

Analise ready for church last night in her super cute halloween outfit.

J hamming it up during dinner.