Costumes, candy and cameras...Oh my!

Okay, I've been meaning to put up my Halloween pictures, but I've been dragging my feet. Although I took plenty of individual photos of the kids in costume, I did not end up with many great ones of all three kids together. I blame the poor lighting and my iffy camera (which is certainly functional but terribly SLOW). I even thought about getting my kids to dress up the following day so I could try for a group shot during the daytime, but no luck. Dressing up requires inspiration and Rowan in particular was not excited to stand around and pose at that very moment. Ava would have been happy to oblige her mama, but I needed everyone together. Silly, I know. Oh well...here are my promised photos.

My littlest pumpkin Lilla...


Rowan striking a kingly pose without prompting...

Ava as horse jockey at the school Halloween parade...

A stop at Auntie Lea and Uncle Kevin's house (the scary gorilla is Kevin)

The kids had a blast trick or treating. First stop was a swing through our own little neighborhood of Brooktondale. Then we headed over to visit Rowan's wonderful teacher Mrs. Baldwin. Rowan wanted very much to go there to show off his costume and he had also heard word that she was offering toys instead of candy treats to the children. Next we stopped at Lea and Kevin's (they give out FULL size candy bars...Kevin's trying to get the word out to increase traffic). And to pad our loot bags we finished the night with a walk through a sweet little neighborhood next to L&K's house. The candy flow was way generous- Ava happily accepted the offer from many houses to "take more candy!" By the end of the night Ava had close to 200 pieces, but we won't tell the dentist about all of that. Hope you all had a great Halloween!