Happy Halloween 2011

On Halloween Jered had the day off, so we stayed home in the morning playing "Star Wars Lego game," then we went to a late lunch at Chili's. We let Will wear his costume at the restuarant, which he thought was really cool. At Chili's Emma drank out of a regular cup with a straw for the first time! We planned to see a movie afterward, but ran out of time.

After a quick trip to the store, we went to "Trunk or Treat" at Will's preschool. We ran into the Strouses and the Penfolds there, so the kids got to trick or treat together at the school. After they finished, we walked across the street to the Strouses neighborhood and took the kids trick or treating there too. It was fun, especially because our neighborhood doesn't have a lot of kids, so we did not have much luck last year. After we returned to our house, we actually had a few trick or treaters and were able to pass out the majority of the candy we bought "just in case" someone might show up! Here are some pictures of the kids on Halloween and the jack-o-lantern that Jered carved at our party on Saturday. It is a helmet from Star Wars in case you are wondering! He did a really good job. And in the pictures - no, Emma is not eating the candy, lol. We let her chew on some of the hard plastic wrappers and hold her own trick or treat bucket, both of which kept her very occupied for 2 hours!



Unrelated to Halloween, but more exciting is that Emma stood up in the middle of the floor and started walking around yesterday! She did that about 5 times. Only a few steps at a time to get to a couch or table, but the most she has ever walked. We were all cheering her on - Go Emma! Seems like any day she will let go and just take off!