Happy Halloween!

We have entered a season of firsts - this is Hunter's first Halloween soon to be followed by his first Thanksgiving and Christmas! How well I remember thinking last year and they year before - "next year, Hunter will be with us." And this year - he was!! After a month of wanting to be a "Hirate" (pirate), he changed his mind and decided to be a dragon. Lucky for mom, dragons and dinosaurs look a lot alike! :) Lily decided she wanted to be Mulan - "because she is born in China just like me." This year Marshall chose to be "the kid who stays home and passes out candy!" A grand time was had by all. This year was extra special because our friends have a new daughter home from Ethiopia - sweet Sarah!! The two Halloween newbies figured it out in about 1 house and they ran ahead of their brothers and sisters to get to be the one to knock on the doors or ring the bells. Both Hunter and Lily had Halloween parades at their schools and I'm glad they have principals who still let kids have good clean dress up fun. Yesterday, one of the highlights was that Lily caught the first keeper fish from our dock. Hunter enjoyed the eyeballs. We had the traditional pre-trick or treat dinner of pigs in a blanket and Bugles. Hunter put a fish eye in a Bugle and Marshall declared it a "Fish Eye-Scream cone." Mom wanted to scream at the sight of it! Lily had to tell all the neighbors she caught a "sheep head" and that Hunter ate the eyes. Hope your day was full of treats too!