Halloween

This is us at Halloween this year. I was Little Bo Peep, Andre was the big bad wolf, and then of course, we had our two little sheep. My mom made my costume--which was awesome. It had a hat too, but it didn't stay on very well with the babies pulling on it.

We started out the night trick-or-treating with our neighbors. They have two little boys and a daughter who is just a few months older than our girls. The boys were so funny: they really made it a fun night. All the kids in the neighborhood were out and we saw a few people we knew. People's houses were done up so well and lots of people just set up lawn chairs in their yards and handed out candy, chatted, and had a good time.

Later on in the evening we took the girls to a firefighter party. We brought their pack-n-play so they could go to sleep when they got tired. They even had extra cute Halloween pajamas to change into. Of course, everyone ooo-ed and ahhh-ed over how cute the girls were.

Everyone was dressed up and people really go all out. You'd think with all those people in costumes that the girls might be a bit freaked out, but the only costume that scared Rowan was our friend who was dressed as a doctor. He was wearing green scrubs, the hospital kind; and Rowan who had been in a good mood looked at him and suddenly started crying. Poor baby. Maybe she was remembering her birth--which was certainly traumatic for the both of us. My doctor was wearing scrubs just like that too. Who knows...

The only costume that frightened me was our friend Lyzz's who was dressed as Sarah Palin. She could even do the voice perfectly. She kept saying, "You betcha" and winking. Very scary.