Trick or Treat

Hello everyone...I promised I would do a better job of keeping the blog updated. So, I thought I would take a few minutes to post some pictures of our Halloween. We are careful in how we celebrate this "holiday." For us, it's really more of a fall celebration...with candy. We don't do any scary decorations or costumes. We do, however, enjoy dressing up and trick or treating.

This year was by far our favorite so far. Have I mentioned lately how much we love our neighborhood and neighbors. There are kids right on our street for Eden to play with...and, the kids here actually play outside! I love sitting talking with the moms as our kids play. It's so nice. This year we went to a fall festival at a local church on Oct. 30th with one of Eden's favorite friends, Abigail, from ballet. Then, on Halloween night, we loaded up in the back of our neighbor's truck and rode around the neighborhood trick-or-treating. Eden had a blast...and so did mommy. Daddy stayed home and handed out candy.

Here are some pictures:

Eden's costume. We gave her the Native American name "Little Happy Nut"...happy nut is how she was described in our referral paperwork by her Chinese caregivers :0)

Eden and Abigail at the Fall Festival.

And again...

Pure joy in the "jumpy fing"

All loaded up and ready to go. Notice Julia, the little girl in pink, dressed up as an Asian Princess, which thrilled Eden..."Mommy, Julia is Asian like me!" So sweet...

And off they go...

Have a great week everyone. Check back soon...sample ornaments are ready for our fundraiser. Gene doesn't have the website quite ready to process orders, but I am going to give you a sneak peak of what we have this year in the next day or so.