a sneak peek...

into our Halloween festivities, so exciting, I know. I have to take pictures at Halloween since it's the only time my orange counter tops are seasonal :) L & C designed their own faces and Cody carved them since I scare him silly wielding a knife toward a pumpkin. Fine with me though, I'll stick with roasting the seeds. I think that's our favorite part, probably the only reason I got three pumpkins. A little olive oil and seasoning salt, yum. Does anyone else feel just a little sad putting the jack-o-lanterns out to the curb after Halloween, or is it just me? I feel bad wasting a perfectly good pumpkin and yet, who would want pie from it after it sat in the rain and held a burning candle for hours on end?! Ooh, maybe I'll compost them...hmm...
We went to Boo at the Zoo tonight and as we were bringing home a frozen Dorothy (Wizard of Oz) and a thawing pioneer, I remembered saying I wasn't going to go again after last year. Cody was at the ICCU booth last year and we went for the first time. Noah always stays pretty cozy in the stroller, but the girls freeze, since they insist on going without coats for awhile to show off their costumes. Lauren was near crying at the end, "Mom, I wish we were at the zoo in San Diego!" Yeah me too, just too cold here in Idaho. There didn't seem to be as many businesses and vendors there either, oh well, someone please remind me next year to pass it by. It's fun, just too cold for our thin skins I guess.
What a funny boy, Noah howled when I tried to get him into this bee costume, but today he put it on for about 3 minutes and we snapped some quick pictures. So, that's all the holiday he's going to do, he just wanted Lauren to put it on and buzzzzz at him. Well, more fun tomorrow, trying to gear up for the sugar high, those poor teachers, they must hate Halloween :)