1) I love how excited my kids are to decorate! I don't have a ton of decorations - just a few things on my front table, a Halloween cookie jar (passed on from my mom) that I keep on the kitchen table, a string of ghosts that Madi sewed with Boppi (which I hang in front of our fireplace), but I usually just hang up the projects the kids make in school (cause it makes em so proud)!. I did let them go to town with the window cling art (which they loved - and I still need to get a picture of)!
2) Cal's preschool field trip to Underwood Farm was super fun and always a highlight of the month!
He and Marli are the cutest little buddies! I love that they get to be in the same preschool class - especially since Cal won't be at Tierra Linda with Mar next year.
After the hay ride, we picked out our pumpkins . . .
These brothers together are the cutest!!
My baby is getting SO big!
Big tractors, and pumpkins pumpkins, pumpkins galore!!!
Macee and Zuri also go to Peep - 2 days a week in Ms. Robin's class. They all get to play together outside on the playground and go on field trips together!!
The famous pumpkin house!
It was a fabulous morning spent with my boys and a few friends!
Saturday afternoon we carved them (with dad's help)!
Our trunk-or-treat was Saturday evening. Madi and Spencer made the invitations for it. Their artistic talent amazes me!!
We teamed up - Daddy and James as cowboys, the girls as SUPER girls, me as Maleficent and Cal as my dragon!
Totally not in my comfort zone to dress-up, but my friend had these two costumes laying around so I went with it!
This was the first Halloween that we didn't have tears over costumes and the kids didn't change their costume for all the different parties.
I was exhausted Saturday night and totally cool with calling it a wrap for Halloween, but Monday morning the fun started all over again! I took the boys to go watch Elle in her school parade at Tierra Linda.
Spencer went to CAPE to go see Madi and her class parade around.
Madi was out of school at 11:30, Cal had school at noon, then we picked Elle up at 2 and headed over to Cal's school for his party (kind of a wasted day, and Madi was totally complaining that we didn't do anything special for her half day of school!! ARG!!!)
We got there early and I was dying over Cal's cuteness out there - riding bikes on the playground.
Elle is such a sweetheart and ran out to join Cal and Marli.
We joined them for circle time and singing . . .
. . . and snack time!
This year we headed out to the Thunell's around 4:45 to join them for trick or treating in their little neighborhood. It was truly magical and my favorite part of the whole night.
They only have a few neighbors - all who never get trick-or-treaters out in their area. It was awesome watching all these kids run from house to house down Blackberry Lane.
Calvin was always trying to catch up with his cute little dragon wings flapping.
Finally caught up - love the line to get their piece of candy . . .
This handsome little cowboy slept during the trick-or-tricking out in Somis.
I made sure I got pictures later, cause he didn't get to wear this costume very long.
Halloween night I changed Cal into a hand-me-down costume from his Terry cousins. So much warmer and cozier for him.
We met at the Barlow's for dinner and then trick-or-treated in their neighborhood with this group of kids!
Big groups stress my kids out though so we hung back and stuck together as a family with James facing forward in the Bjorn. I love watching my kids running around in costume, knocking on peoples door and hearing them say thank you after handed a piece of candy.
They lasted less than an hour and were ready to come home. We went around and hit up our neighbors before calling it a night.
Cal LOVES candy!!
He can handle eating a lot more than the girls can. 
Elle ended up hanging over the toilet before bed, complaining of a stomach ache, swearing that she was going to throw up. Thankfully she finally calmed down and went to bed.
Another Halloween for the books!!
