We had a very interesting night on Halloween. It was definitely not lacking in excitement! I really wanted to have a theme for our kids this year. I tried like crazy to convince Laney to be a princess so that her brothers could be frogs. One would not think that it would be too too difficult to convince a three and a half year old girl to be a princess, but Laney wouldn't have it. She found out that Claire and Tessie were going to be pumpkins and from that moment on she had her heart set on joining them. I am so glad that I let her have her wish, because I love the costumes that each of our kids ended up wearing.
Sam dressed up as a skeleton in honor of his nickname, BONES! This picture is from a trial run of costumes last week while Todd was home which is why you get to see his lovely face in the background!
Our little Moo Man got to dress up as a cow!
He made a seriously cute little Moo Cow!
We are just seconds from go time in this picture and Laney was so super excited to get the show on the road.
Oh I love how much big sister loves her brothers!
Evidence that Miles was not a fan of the hood!
This picture is so funny to me because it looks like Miles is holding his finger up to tell me, "just one second!" Or maybe it was to say, "just one more picture, please!"
Once were all done taking pictures at
Grommy's house, we got all packed up to go over to Jessica's house for our annual Chili feast before trick or treating. As we were walking out to the car, Laney was dive bombed by a angry yellow jacket! (We have been dealing with a hive for a while now, but it has now been successfully eradicated!) It stung her right on the lip and it was awful!!!! She cried for about 30 minutes mostly for Daddy. It got terribly swollen and it was really just about the most pitiful situation ever. I was so sad for her! She still wanted to go over to her cousins' house, so once she calmed down we headed over to The Goods stopping at Granny and Jim's along the way to load down her treat basket!!!
Here is what she looked like when we got to Jessica's house (post chocolate spider eating.) So pitiful! Jack said that we should have changed her costume and dressed her up like Angelina Jolie!
The first smile since before the attack was a result of this plastic spider ring!!! Way to go Aunt Jess.
SO BIG!!!! is one of the boys' new favorite tricks.
Rejuvenated with chocolate and plastic spider rings, Laney was ready for the night to begin!
I was so happy to see Laney back to herself again even though she still looked like she was the victim of a collagen injection gone very very wrong. She was laughing so hard running around with her costume half way on making her look a little bit like
Quasimoto.
Laney loves Claire so much!
My mom is dressed as "One Night Stand." She borrowed this costume from a friend at work. It was so funny. The phone resting on the table even made noises that my boys got a kick out of!
The boys would probably play all day at this step. They are so entertained with climbing up and back down again. I love when they play together like this!
Our little pumpkin patch! The girls could not have been cuter together in their matching pumpkins. I am glad that Laney was so insistent on this costume, because I loved it!!!!
Our very first house!!! Trick Or Treat!!!!!
My cute little sister was all decked out in as an angel! I must note that I had to go back inside Lezlie's house to get this costume after 30 minutes of consoling Laney in the car. I got stung on the shoulder on my way back out! I guess it was worth it to see
Caiter dressed as the angel that she is! Johnny was not so angelic in his steroid using baseball player getup. It was so funny. Please take notice of his stuffed biceps!
Bones and Moo were quite the lucky little ducks. I mentioned something about the stroller, but
Grommy, Aunt Hailey, and Aunt
Cait were quick to jump in and offer up their arms instead. Pretty sweet deal for the boys.
My mom got some pretty funny comments. Our favorite? "One night stand? Yeah, been there, done that!"
"Break out at the pumpkin patch!" was one of my favorite comments of the night!
Laney was not deterred by the massive growth on her lip. She was ready at every door to say, "trick or treat." She was a little quieter than usual, but she wasn't going to let a little yellow jacket poison slow her down!
Somehow I lucked into getting to hold the hands of these two little pumpkins all night long. I was holding hands with Laney and offered my hand to Tess and we stayed like that for the rest of the night. It was so fun!
Miles fell asleep with his guardian angel!
Johnny took over and carried this sleepy little cow back to The Goods' house.
Once we got there, Miles was ready with a second wind to play with Johnny, but it was way past time for bed!! Halloween night last year was the beginning of crazy times for us. I trick or treated with Laney and ended up at the hospital in the middle of the night with some scary symptoms. It is hard not to think that trick or treating might have contributed to these boys' arrival just 36 hours later!
Laney requested a heartshaped one.
Biscuits were heartily enjoyed by the birthday boys!
We played around the house that morning, and the boys got to participate in a game of "school" with Laney. At this point, they are both "wearing" tags to distinguish them as the line leaders. I think that Sam was skeptical about his title being shared with Miles. 
Grommy came home at lunch so that the boys' could open their present from her. Laney took charge in telling them when it was time to unwrap it.
Then she decided that they needed some help.
They were really excited about the awesome wagon that Grommy got for them.
They had to get right in for a test drive. 
Whoa, big sister. Slow down!
After wagon play, it was time for afternoon naps and then off to their party!!!! It was such a great day!
