Hallo-Whine!!

Our day started with Cooper and I going to vote. Early voting went very quickly and easily. After voting it was off to Brenna's school for pumpkin decorating. Cooper enjoys doing the activities along with everyone else. He's going to have experienced Kindergarten and First Grade before he even gets there.

For dinner last night we had these "Mummy Dogs", which is a hot dog wrapped in strips of crescent rolls, and we also had pepperoni that we called "scabs". I know, GROSS!!! But the kids loved it!

After dinner, I got the kids all dressed up, again. We made a few changes from last time. Cooper got a coat of green paint on his face since he didn't want to wear his mask. Brenna also changed her mind from Little Red Riding Hood to a Veterinarian. We used Avery's doctor costume from last year and doctored up a bear to finish off the look.

Our first stop was our church's Family Fun night. The kids played games like "Daniel in the Lions Den", "David and Goliath", and "Fisher's of Men". This is the only picture from the church. I was not able to take any pictures because I was working at our Sunday School's game booth and Tony would not take pictures for me! Moving on...

Now I have the camera and we are at Tonya and David's to take the kids trick-or-treating in their neighborhood with their cousin Quintin. At the very first house we came to, the lady had a turtle that her dog decided to play with and wanted to show the kids. She asked Brenna if she could help repair it's shell and asked Cooper if he was related. It was funny.

How do you get 6-8 kids to look at a camera to get one nice photo on Halloween night? You don't. Here is the best result of my attempt. Now it's off to more houses.

During our trek around the neighborhood, we met up with the local volunteer fire department. They were passing out candy to the kids and helped keep their eye out for smoking jack-o-lanterns.

On our way to the next few houses is when we started loosing the kids. No, they didn't get lost, they began to whine and complain. Their feet hurt and their bags were too heavy! Have you ever heard of such a thing? When I was a kid, it was our parents dragging us home because they were tired! Brenna even said, "Mom, you know the fire department could of helped us out." I asked her how and she replied, "They could of given us a ride home!"

We finally made it back to Tonya's and the kids sat on the curb looking exhausted and pitiful. We invited Quintin over to spend the night and they all fell asleep in the car. Last night was a lot of fun and I'm glad that it only comes once a year.