Happy Halloween

from our family to yours..... Hunter, cousin Kennady, Haylee, and Tanner in our yard before all of the "festivities." (I personally hate Halloween and festivities makes it sound like a religious holiday or something, but I couldn't think of another word). I could let the day pass unnoticed, but my kids DO always look adorable in their costumes and they have a fun time, so I can't fairly complain.

Hunter and Dalston (he's Haylee's age). Aren't they adorable monkeys!? I think so. I'm a total costume recycler (my dislike of the holiday probably inspires my desire to spend as little money as possible on it), but since Hunter's my oldest, he always gets the new costume. I'm sure this won't fly in a few years once the kids catch on to my little "game," but right now they don't know the difference, so yay for me.Kennady and Haylee all bundled up to go trick-or-treating in Connell. Haylee wasn't actually sleeping at all.....she's just a total blinker in photos. They're such cute cousins. I mean, Kennady steals Haylee's binky and makes her cry, Haylee smacks Kennady in the face and makes her wail......it's really a nice bond.Pictures with Gramps after trick-or-treating. That's Kyle's Dad. And the scary looking one is Tailor. The entire time Tanner never noticed Tailor's mask. At one of the last houses, he looked up and was alarmed to put it mildly. "Tailor! That's scary! That's scary, Tailor!" Tanner wasn't a fan of anybody's masks. At the Trunk or Treat that we went to out in Basin City, there were two older boys with these wolf masks. Any time Tanner caught a glimpse of them, the kid hit the deck. One time he almost threw himself under the Durango to save himself. Poor little guy! Then at one house in Connell, this kid at the door was wearing a scary mask. And I quote, "I hate that house! I hate that face! I don't want him talking to me!" "Was his mask scary, Tanner?" "YES! I don't want him talking to me ANY MORE!" SO FUNNY! He was just so cute. Some of you may also remember my story from last year where the kid scared Hunter to death. Well.....Hunter totally remembered which house it was (yes, my three year old's memory serves us about as well as photo documentation) and refused to go to it. Sometimes I'm shocked at the level of intelligence that my almost 4 year old possesses. He amazes me every day. Haylee didn't seem to care about any of these events. She just kept looking at her brothers weird because they were dressed like wild animals. Good times all around!