Halloweeeen!

Well, now that it's November (can't believe it's here!), I guess I should update with our Halloween pictures.  The kids were so cute and had so much fun, so I must share!

First, we had the church Truck-or-Treat.  James and I were pretty much the only adults who dressed up, but what better way to make an impression in a new place?  Lilah was a witch, because I got the costume on clearance last year. She is such a cute little witch!  Ethie wanted to be something scary and violent, so we settled on a shredded corpse, which was only scary.  They had fun with all the other cute kids! 

We finally got around to carving our pumpkin the night before Halloween.  They were all out of little pumpkins at the store, so we all collaborated on one, with James being the master carver.

Eww, guts.  (Please excuse the laundry day in the background)

I think James is trying to look like the pumpkin.

   And then finally, Halloween night!  We went to a new friends' house for a chili cook-off and trick-or-treating.  The kids had lots of fun with all the other kids and it was nice to get to know people better.  Plus, the kids got lots of candy, which is the most important part!  Lilah was pretty shy about trick-or-treating at first, but she got braver once she realized they were giving her candy.

This was the closest Lilah would get to the other kids.  Our shy girl!

This man was giving out full-size candy bars.

Cute and scary!