Some pictures mom and dad sent tonight. Most of these were taken at preschool before and during the parade and the last few were taken before Matt, Hayden and Lily went trick-or-treating. The one of Lily with “Buzz Lightyear” is really Lily with boyfriend #1 in what we assume to be a long line of them. Adam is her buddy and she is constantly telling him and anyone else who will listen that she loves him. Tonight when they parted ways, she gave him a big hug and a kiss on the cheek. It was really sweet. The school put on a nice party this afternoon and the kids all chowed down and got hyped up on lots of sugar.

Trick-or-treating was cut slightly short because Lily was scared of all the “monsters”. We tried to explain that they were just other kids dressed up like she was, but after a half hour she was ready to come home and eat chocolate while resting safely in her mother’s lap.

Drawn butter, anyone?

Happy Halloween everyone. We had a Halloween-filled weekend with the girls, which including lots of non-Halloween tasks for mommy and daddy, including running all over with the girls. Lily got a haircut so that she doesn’t look insane for her portraits next Sunday, I cleaned the house with Mike yesterday morning, and we squeezed in a block party and the Halloween parade. Arden was a big hit as a lobster - people were pointing and laughing. I can’t wait to post some pictures of it.

Today is the Halloween party and parade at Lily’s school, so hopefully mom and dad will remember to bring the digital and I can post some pics tonight. More updates later. I’m technically on a conference call right now and not paying attention . . .

Sweet Sophia in a silly hat

Lily with her matching umbrella and boots

Arden in rare form

Sigh. I’m awake. Lily got up at 4.45 and called for Daddy to find her blue bear - the thing is about 2” long and easily lost in her bedding. He never found it, but she eventually gave up and went back to sleep. I, on the other hand, have not. After thinking about work for 20 minutes, I just decided to get up and start working. Lots of people exist on 5 hours of sleep, so I should be fine.

I got some new pictures of the girls last night. They are from Arden’s birthday party and the beginning of October. I should have a plethora of pictures from this weekend to post - we have the neighborhood Halloween block party on Saturday, the neighborhood Halloween Parade Sunday, Lily’s Halloween party at school Monday, and her school parade as well, plus Halloween itself. We’re going to be Halloweened out.

Some of my best work happens early in the morning, so I’m off to see if this morning is the exception to the rule.