Dear Easter Bunny

Happy Halloween

Love the tail!
We had a great time trick or treating with our friends Oliver, Gus, Johan, and Anja. The older boys ran ahead and chose the houses they wanted to stop at...they all gave a hearty "Trick or Treat" and even remembered "Thank you" quite a few times.

Sam made it out to Trick or Treat at a few houses tonight. He even ran a bit. I heard him saying "ribbit" a few times as he galloped between houses. It was nice to see him upbeat for awhile.

Charlie was Diego, an animal rescuer. Ben was his baby jaguar, and Sam was a frog..

"Where's my candy?"

Our conversation as I put Charlie to bed tonight:

"Mom, I had fun trick and treating with you tonight."

"I had fun with you too."

"I'm going to be six when I go trick and treating next year."

Turns over, covers himself up with a grin from ear to ear -already dreaming of next year.

Love this age. Charlie was an angel today! Everyone woke up way too early. Charlie's first words, "Ben, it's Halloween today. Sure is Ben." Everyone was back in bed taking naps by 7 this morning. Charlie quietly played legos for over an hour while we all slept. Ben and Sam were both very needy since they don't feel well and Charlie was so patient all day long. He helped Chris clean downstairs, helped rake leaves, and did some "really hard work" designing patterns. He was so excited about Halloween and was so excited about his costume, Diego. He helped color patches and make props for his costume. I expected a major break down at some point today since he got up so early and had to be last in line when needing something, but he was an angel. Thank you for your patients today Charlie....and thanks for all of the big smiles. We needed them today.

Pumpkin Time

The boys had fun on Thursday carving pumpkins. Charlie designed his own face for Chris to cut out. The boys have been waiting patiently to carve all week and enjoyed every part of the process. Sam enjoyed drawing on his pumpkin. He drew numbers, his name, and letters on his pumpkin, at least that is what he told us.

Ben modeling with Sam's pumpkin.