All Hallows Eve

Our family doesn't really celebrate Halloween -- Greg is completely opposed to it, but I say "yay!!  An excuse to wear costumes!! Not like we need one, but it's fun!!"  So our compromise is to just celebrate....costume day-ish.  And get lots of candy at a local Fall Festival.  (Our children are almost never allowed to eat candy, so Halloween is pretty much just CANDY DAY HOORAY in our house.)

In the morning, the children participated in the Halloween/Scare Away Drugs parade at their school:

Harry Potter

A Ninja

A Pink Princess Barbie Cowgirl Cat (obviously) (haha, oh my!)

I, of course, was ALSO a Pink Cowgirl Cat.  I didn't realize we were doing the whole Princess Barbie thing on top of that.  Next time.  Jonah had been a Ninja too, but decided that his "costume" (bandana) was just way too hot. (Thank you Alex for this pic!)

(This is actually a daily costume around our house at the moment)

After the parade, I painted my friend Jenny's face before she left for work.

We're pretty sure this gives her super powers as some sort of a Fire Angel Supervillan.  Not entirely sure what those superpowers are, so LOOKOUT!

So much fun!  We decided that we should do this more often.

Since I was already painted up as a pink kitty, we decided to go do a little shopping before work.

We like to dress in costume and go out together anyway, so this wasn't really all that different for us...but people finally thought it was normal.  Since it was Halloween.  We decided not to correct anyone ("OH! Yeah, this is just the way we are.")  :-)

Later that night, we met up with my best friend Angela and her little girl, and exhausted the children at the Fall Festival.

A Ninja transforming into a Power Ranger

TWO face painters for the Pink Princess Barbie Cowgirl Cat!

Sugar high!!

In a fluffy Princess dress, sweet blond curls, and a finger up her nose -- she kills me!!

The Fireman Ninja (these hybrid costumes are my favorite...because these are actually his "normal clothes" for trips to the grocery store and such.)

Fun!!

But even more exciting....GREG IS COMING HOME TONIGHT!!  These weekend visits are a beautiful thing.   Just a little over a month until he lives with us "for real" again....