Halloween is Here

The day the kids have been talking about for weeks finally came. We went to a Halloween party tonight (Brad & Tannis were singing Halloween songs in the car on the way) and went trick-or-treating with a group of 11 kids. They were so excited and raced from house to house getting as much candy as they could. They didn't get to sleep until 10:30 tonight so we hope they sleep in tomorrow!

Pumpkin Carving

Tonight Colin & Brad carved our pumpkin. (Tannis missed out because she had to go to bed early since she didn't nap today.) Brad was SO excited when we told him that he was going to help carve a jack-o-lantern. He ran around the house, jumped up and down, and hugged us saying, "Yay! Yay! Yay! Oh thank you! Yay! Yay! Yay!"

Reading in Bed

Tonight when I put Tannis in bed, she insisted on taking her book with her. I turned off the light and she didn't complain... when I went to check on her later, I found that she was sleeping with the book as a pillow (maybe reading through osmosis in the dark?) And yes, those are Brad's Batman pajamas she's wearing... when I get her ready for bed at night, she often demands, "Wear Brad-Brad 'jamas!" because she wants to be just like him.

Halloween Parade

Today was the Halloween Parade at Brad's preschool. (They actually call it the "Harvest Parade"... maybe to avoid being pagan!) Brad went as a "Red Power Ranger" this year. Last year, he was "Winnie the Pooh" -- he wouldn't be caught dead in a Winnie the Pooh costume THIS year ("That's a Baby costume!!") This year, he said he wanted to either be Superman, Batman, a Power Ranger, or Tarzan... we convinced him the Power Ranger was the coolest because we already had the costume!

Disneyland!

Today we took the kids to Disneyland! They were very excited and it wasn't nearly as crowded as it was when we went last year on Christmas Eve. Brad's favorite ride was Buzz Lightyear (where you get to shoot the bad guys) and Tannis's was Winnie the Pooh. They both loved meeting the Winnie the Pooh characters but did NOT like the Pirates of the Carribean boat ride (we didn't realize that the ride started with the boat going down two waterslides in the dark!) After that experience, Brad changed his mind about wanting to go in the haunted house (he was saying he wanted to go in it before) so we stuck to Dumbo and other kids rides!

Important Questions

Yesterday, Tannis said to Colin, "Ask you?" Colin said, "You want to ask me something?" and she said, "Yes... Grownups sleep too?" Colin assured her that we did even though whenever she sees us, we're awake! Then today she asked me, "Grownups wear diapers too?"