Sir Michael and Sir Sam

We had such a fun Halloween! Michael and Sam designed these jack-o-lanterns and we carved them while Josh was at work. They were on the front porch when he came home, as a surprise. He said they are the happiest he'd ever seen. I agree! We gave them bottom teeth, like Anna's! The boys didn't want to help me scoop out the goo, very Josh-like of them. They like to stay clean!Almost ready for the trunk-or-treat.
Although they both look like knights, they would tell you that Michael was a Valiant Knight King
while Sam was a Warrior King. That's what the labels said. I went the easy route this year and just bought their costumes at Target one day. Michael's didn't come with a crown, though, so I had to make one. Not bad, eh? Cardboard covered with aluminum foil - shinny side up. I traded a dilapidated foam crown from the toy closet.

We borrowed this bee costume for Anna. She only wore it one night to the trunk-or-treat and was especially snugly in it.

The activity at church was so fun. It was more of a carnival. It was stake wide and each ward had five booths. Here's Michael eating a donut off the string.
And an action shot of the bean bag toss.

The boys' best friend was a knight in shining armor. After costume day at preschool we took them to this "dragon park" playground to let them fight the dragon in costume!
They discovered that it was a smiling dragon, so they decided not to fight it but to make it a pet.
Love this one!

Climbing the drawbridge into the castle!


Michael named his horse Chippy-paserad. Difficult name, loyal horse. Sam kept running back to the car to get some candy from his preschool loot. Very like me!

Anna snuggled up in a blanket the whole time and let the boys play.
This was taken after the trunk-or-treat. She has her second bottom tooth now but is still working on others. She's been biting me and I think I scared her by screaming so now she's afraid to nurse. Hopefully it won't last too long! She sure is a keeper!