Just a few more...

Here are just a few more pics of Matthew and Isabella on Halloween and the day before. Have I mentioned how much I love these guys???

Halloween 2009

Here are some pictures from Isabella and Matthew's second Halloween. This year they were much more participatory (Matthew was fascinated by his paws, and Isabella by the clink that the candy made as it was tossed in her pumpkin), but the best part of all was all the loot they racked up for their folks to enjoy! We had a great Halloween. We trick-or-treated on Main Street on Friday afternoon, which mostly consisted of stopping every few feet to look at new leaves, but we did manage to hit a business or two.

Then Saturday morning we headed to the Homecoming parade (Vandals won 35-34!!) and, since their outfits were designed for Northwest weather, we spent the parade looking at all the folk on the floats and in the bands and got a kick out of the marchers occasionally saying "Oh, look at that adorable dragon and/or butterfly!!" We had the kids on our shoulders until I looked up at Matthew and saw him dozing high over his dad's head. He slept through the rest of the parade in his stroller. Maybe that's what all the people were staring at--a dragon dozing on his perch...

Saturday afternoon we went to a Halloween potluck with friends that was lots of fun, and then we finished the day with a quick trick-or-treating session in the mall. The babies must have had fun because they slept almost through the entire night and didn't wake up until 7:00 this morning, which was 8:00 for them with the time change and all. We should take them trick-or-treating more often....