This Halloween is better told with photos:
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| The whole family |
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| Did you need a closer look? |
The kids absolutely loved Gus and my costumes. They spent the whole night calling me daddy and Gus mommy. Ada was particularly thrilled with the switch. The neighbors were a mixed bag. Half of them loved it. The other half started by smiling and commenting on how cute the kids were, but their faces quickly turned to horror as their eyes drifted upwards to Gus's smiling face. But Gus and I had a riot making terrible jokes all evening at the other genders expense.
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| Pumpkin farm 1 |
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| Pumpkin farm 2 |
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| pumpkin farm 3 |
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| Help mom! He loves me! |
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| fall leaves |
Jose purchased pumpkin carving stencils and fancy tools so our pumpkins were a cut above this year.
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| Ada's Halloween pumpkin |
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| Max and Darwyn's pumpkins |
Ada really got Halloween for the first time this year. She stared wide eyed as each household gave her candy just because she said trick or treat and then we went home and she got to eat a whole bunch of it! The next day when Ada woke up the first thing she asked was "Mom, how long until Halloween again?"
Darwyn promptly replied "Oh forget Halloween Ada. That's ages away. Now we focus on Christmas!" Sigh....
