Happy Halloween!

There's an awful lot of candy around here right now. The girls are on sugar highs, and it's very, very difficult for me to avoid the temptation to dig into their orange pumpkins to steal a kit-kat every now and then. Brian didn't seem overly impressed by his first Halloween, although he did allow me to dress him up in the Pooh Bear costume that I made many years ago for Elizabeth's first Halloween. Unfortunately the pictures that I took on Halloween night came out too dark to post here, but here's a shot of the younger three, all dressed up for the library Halloween party on Thursday.



We did manage to capture many photos of Beth's big event this week. In honor of All Saints' Day, the first graders at Beth's school dress up as their patron saint, and, at a school-wide prayer service, they each stand at the microphone and give a brief statement about the saint. Beth did beautifully, speaking so clearly into the microphone, and making us all quite proud! Unfortunately, Brian seemed to think that it would be a wonderful opportunity to test out the acoustics using his loud voice, so we missed hearing some of the quieter saints giving their presentations. Here's Elizabeth dressed up as Saint Elizabeth of Hungary. (There are many Saint Elizabeth's, but Saint Elizabeth of Hungary was a princess, so there really wasn't too much of a choice for Beth...)Her beautiful costume was made by Nana!


Tomorrow we're off to Beth's very first gymnastics meet, and I'm not sure who is more nervous...Beth or me!! Good luck, Beth!!! We are proud of you!!!