two trains and a kitty

Phoebe got to celebrate her first Halloween this year! She was a kitty cat. This is her trying out her costume a few days before.

The boy insisted on being trains this year. Lewis has been obsessed with Thomas and so Owen agreed to be Gordon (the Express). We looked at the "real" costumes at the store and online and they were kind of ugly, to be honest. My sister, Beth Reitmeyer (aka "Aunt Beth") assured us that she could whip up some good costumes.......and we were rather shocked when she showed up with these:

It wasn't really all that shocking because she never does anything half-heartedly. They are pretty amazing! The boys LOVED them. This was the first year we didn't have to fight to get them to put on their costumes.

On Saturday, we went to a local "Trunk of Treats" event.


It was kind of a combination of trunk-or-treating and a fall festival. There were little games to play at each car. The boys got really into it. Lewis got to hook this snake for some candy.

Phoebe was good as gold and enjoyed hanging out in the stroller.

Then tonight we went trick or treating on the square, as is our tradition.

We started at Spencer's. Matt did a great job handing out the candy.

The kids got a good haul! Lewis did his best to ravage each location for tootsie rolls, oddly enough, even for him. Phoebe even got some candy that we are hoping she will share with her parents. We took a few pics on the porch when we got home.


There was not a lot of cooperation.

We'll leave you with a picture of our pumpkin. This year we let the boys draw the face on and then we carved it out. It turned out pretty good for their first attempt.