Trick-or-Treat!

What a fun Halloween we had this year! I only had to work yesterday until 10:30 so I picked the girls up from their Halloween extravaganza that they had at the daycare (according to the girls they had lots of dancing!) and we headed home to what I hoped would be a nap for all three of us. That was certainly wishful thinking seeming that we were about 10 minutes into lying down together and Maddie leans over and says: "Mom, Mom, I am too cited to sleep!" So, we got up and just hung out. I can't remember a Halloween that I wasn't running all over the place so this was a fantastic way to spend our day! Throughout the afternoon, family began to slowly show up for a visit with the girls; my mom, Dave's mom and Jerry. The girls started to "roam" around the house around 5:15 and began doing a lot of peering out the window in hopes that it would soon be dark. They finally got their wish and around 6:30 we headed out to start our trick or treating. Dave had to work at a football game last night for Yelm so the girls trick or treated first at our house so that he could experience that and then we headed up the road to get our friends the Glocks. Maddie was tickled when she discovered that Addie had the same costume as her! Taylor and Maddie loved the whole adventure and our first few house stops were priceless! Taylor would shout to us as she was leaving a house how many pieces of candy she had gotten and Maddie truly thought she was going to get to eat each piece of candy as she received it. Her little fists were full until we convinced her that it was okay to save some of the candy for later! Taylor stayed up with the big kids the entire time we were walking and little Miss Maddie tried her best to stay up too. Her little legs couldn't carry her quite fast enough! We had been trick or treating for about an hour or so when all of a sudden both girls looked up at me and Maddie said: "I am so tired Momma" and within minutes Taylor was stating that she thought she needed to go home. When we arrived home Maddie could barely get her costume off and was fast asleep! Taylor however got her second wind and found it truly enjoyable to answer the door and pass out candy. She ended up having a very late dinner with my mom and I! The girls will enjoy their candy for a few days and then tomorrow night I will have Great Mrs. Pumpkin visit our house in the night and take their left over candy for little boys and girls who didn't get any this year. She will leave them a little present in it's place. I know I am an evil mom....But I do want them to be healthy kids that have all their teeth in place :)

Tinker Bell and Ariel as happy as can be!

This is one of my favorite of Maddie!

Taylor

The girls walking ahead of everyone else...all grown up!

Our neighborhood friends! Addy and Ellie

Onto other things going on in our lives. We received some sad news this week about Grandpa Woof Woof. He went in to have a lump removed from his neck this past Monday and received word that he has cancer. We are of course all in panic and sad modes right now. We know nothing further than the fact that he has cancer. We don't know if it has spread or how extensive it is. He will go in for further testing on Tuesday of next week. Anyone reading this, we would love your prayers for him during this time. Thanks.

Katie has still not had "Little Man" yet! She is quite the trooper. My mom said she was over visiting yesterday morning and was in the best mood but most definitely ready to have the baby. We are hoping she will call us any minute to tell us to jump in the car and head to Everett. We are all very anxious to meet him and to learn of his name :)

Wishing everyone a happy weekend! So sorry for the very LONG post!