This evening we went to Emily and Brian’s house for dinner and trick or treating.  Andrew amazed us.  He kept up with the 5 and 6 year olds sometimes even passing them up.  No house was too scary.  He just walked right up, knocked and said trick or treat.  He was definitely on a mission for candy! One of our favorite neighbors – Juan and Joanne.  They were hanging out golden coins to the kids they knew.  Lucky! Piper and Lauren Enjoying his candy that he worked hard for one of the spookier housesTrick or Treat!

The kids had a great Halloween.  At Piper’s school there was a costume parade for grades K – 2.  Then each class sang a song.  Piper’s class sang to the tune of When the Saints go Marching Home.  It was really adorable.  Andrew’s class also had a pumpkin party but parents weren’t invited.   The parade on the field Piper’s good friend Bella. getting a big hug from AndrewThe kindergartners

We found a little bit of Fall out in Pasadena.  Grandma and Grandpa were going to ship us out some leaves but luckily there are some trees that change with the season in our neighborhood.  The past two days we have gathered lots of leaves up while out on our walk.  The kids had so much fun running through them, raking them up and jumping in a pile.  They don’t have the same Fall smell though but we will take what we can get!

 a personality photo it’s strange to see andrew so serious

Piper and Andrew are dressing up as a princess and a knight for Halloween.  This year we wised up and took photos of them in their costumes before Halloween.  It’s always too exciting to smile for a picture when there’s candy in the near future.  We even found some leaves from a few houses in the neighborhood to make it seem more like fall.  Piper is holding a stone bird.  She thought it looked princessy.

We went to the Lombardi pumpkin patch with Piper’s friend Bella and brother Gavin.  The kids had fun running through the corn maze, eating snow cones and riding on the train.  Later that afternoon we carved our pumpkin.  Piper drew the face which is pretty scary.    on the train through scarecrow alley  Piper drawing out the pumpkin’s face and Andrew adding some doodles