Halloween 2014

We had a great Halloween although poor little Luke is sick. He is a trooper. He trick or treated happily despite obviously being sick until 7:30 when he finally asked to go home and go to bed. He was asleep by 7:35. No kidding. 

I love that I got a good picture of them together, but check out that second picture. Isn't that the sweetest thing ever, they were obviously sharing a chuckle. 

Jack o'lanterns

I spent the entire day carving pumpkins today. I started with Luke's kitty cat and ended with Jack's "creation". I seriously taped the picture he drew onto the pumpkin and carved. Oh, and that one you cannot recognize? That's an Airedale. 

Soldiers and Pumpkin Pickers

Our Sunday in pictures: 

We also got to listen to the last Music in the Park of the season. We ate dinner outside just so we didn't miss it. It was a pretty perfect day.

Halloween Costume Spoiler

I've always spent a significant amount of time putting together or sewing Halloween costumes. Not this year. This year, Halloween is too soon after our move for me to put a lot of effort into it. But when I saw Army helmets in the dollar bin at Target, I was inspired. Since the boys had requested Buzz Lightyear and Woody costumes, I had to sell Army men. So I took the boys outside to play today. They are sold, of that I am certain. These are costumes I can see them using long past Halloween. 

Staying In Touch

We all left behind good friends when we moved from Virginia, but Luke had to leave behind his first friend. He misses Harper a lot and talks about her all of the time. Luckily, Facetime has made staying in touch pretty easy. It's a lot of fun for all of us to see Harper and Mairin on that iPad screen, but it's even more special for Luke.