Tricks and treats

Oh, we had a fun Halloween yesterday.

Adam and Ainsley enjoyed dressing up

for a second day in a row.

Ben even wore his Halloween bandana.

I carved one last pumpkin (the skeleton).

Most of our pumpkins made it this year, but barely...

it's been warmer and rainy, so they went fast.

Derek hanged the little ghosts the kids made in the trees.

We fixed bean gumbo for dinner...perfect.

We skipped the mall and hit the neighborhood this year.

So much better outside.

And despite the black bear sightings near us (really),

we went anyway,

Derek and I traded off walking/

manning the treats at our door.

Around the block was just enough.

The kids still filled up their treat bags!

Tinkerbell and Optimus Prime

(a Transformer, for those of you who don't know)

Isn't Ainsley the cutest?...and a perfect Tink, I think.

Fearsome.

Our jack o' lanterns.

More jacks.
Check out Adam's signature...he signed it
and I carved it.

Post trick-or-treating sugar high.

OMG...I really couldn't stop laughing when I saw this.

And I just realized it kind of

looks like he's got his middle finger up.

It's his reading pointer from school.
Adam is threatening to wear this gettup next Halloween.
Ode to the Littles in Arizona!