Halloween

This year's Halloween inspiration centered around our little pumpkin.  

Both Noah and Luke wore the same costume at the same age Leah is now, and I wanted to get one more Halloween out of it.

And take a look at these three pumpkins.  Leah on the left, Noah on the top, and Luke on the bottom.  It's crazy that they are all essentially the same age in each picture.  Too many birthdays too close together, but, wow, what a fun comparison!

The best inspiration I could come up with to coordinate our trio was a take on classic Halloween charaters.  So, in addition to our sweet pumpkin 

 we had Noah as a vampire

 and Luke as a spider.

I count myself among the lucky that these boys are still quite easily persuaded in the costume department.  I know it won't last long, but it sure does make for a cute Halloween picture.  And, that's what really matters, right?

So we trunk-or-treated our hearts out a couple of days before Halloween, and then had such a great time on Halloween night with friends and family. 

I love this tradition of dinner together and then trick-or-treating.  Now the four big boys run ahead as one group and Camille, Leah and Kate take their time.  But it just fun to have it happening year after year as our kids grow up.