Halloween!

We had fun celebrating Halloween this year! Nate and Rachel helped me staff our church pumpkin patch, and we had fun spending the morning there with our friends. For the 4th year in a row we had a family themed costume. We chose Peter Pan; Philip was a pirate, I was Wendy, Levi was Peter, Joel was Hook, Nathan was tic tic croc  (or tic tock aldigator if you asked Nate) and Rachel wad Tinker Bell. It was a lot of fun, and the kids really enjoyed playing their parts (especially Nate). The Saturday before Halloween we went to a family costume party and won best family themed costume. It was a lot of fun to spend time with some of our dear friend since high school and enjoy each others kids. 

This year's trunk or treat at our church was extra fun! There was a petting zoo, games, food and of course, lots of cleverly decorated cars to get candy from. We carved pumpkins as a family with only a few melt downs, resulting in some cute jack-o-lanterns. On Halloween night we enjoyed trick or treating with a large group of our friends in the hosts neighborhood, which was much more lively and festive than our neighborhood. The boys had a blast running with their friends from house to house. Meanwhile, Rachel rode in style in her friend Kate's wagon munching animal crackers and waving her glow stick star wand. The last 10 minutes or so of trick or treating Levi was very grumpy. We couldn't figure out why until he threw up on the way home and he admitted to eating 3 full sized candy bars, a few small treats and drinking an entire can of coke. Hopefully, that tummy ache helped him learn that pacing yourself isn't just a mean rule from mom and dad. Overall we had a bunch of fun this Halloween, and I'm already looking forward to and brainstorming for next year!