Halloween '11

I'll admit that I wasn't pumped up about Halloween this year. I purchased one puny pumpkin for a Fall table decoration, but there was no carving this year. Costumes were last-minute purchases after trying to fulfill Ben's wish of being Jimmie Johnson. No, Lightnin' McQueen. No, Jimmie Johnson. Wait. Lightnin' McQueen.

Anyway, here we are on the way to a Fall Festival at church. The kids are cute, and that's what counts.

Gabby has a new literary hero.

Meet Pinkalicious.Ben was a cowboy. 'Cause I said so. And he liked it. Score.

What he didn't know is that I was imagining him as Dusty Bottoms' replacement.
My little buttercup... The kids hit our old neighborhood with friends from church on Monday night.
Click on this pic so you can see Ben's expression.

Nate also hung out with friends from church.
Nate (8/8), Briley (6/16), and Dylan (8/13)

So now we have enough candy to last til Valentine's, when we'll get a bucket to last us til Easter, where we'll get a bucket to last til June. Next year, I'm passing out rice cakes and celery.