Halloween

Koreans don't celebrate Halloween except for in their after-school English school programs (yep, like buxiban for all you Taiwaners), so we had to make our own fun. We threw a little Halloween Eve Bash. I was surprised at how much festive stuff we were able to find. No big pumpkins, but the grocery stores always have the little ones for eating as seen above in our centerpiece. Fall leaves were plentiful. I found Halloween balloons, a "Happy Halloween" banner, bat wings for Lincoln, horns for myself, Halloween stickers, yummy American candy (Snickers, Twix, Tootsie stuff, etc), AND I found "Hello Kitty" Halloween treat bags. What could be better? Here are our little guests. A baby vampire, a lady bug and a boxer.

Jen, Bruce and Maddy Rogers

Kristy, Andy and James Myles and Andy's mom

We had the kids go "Trick or Treating" to all the rooms in the house. It was pretty funny. They had no clue what was going on, but thought it was fun anyway. James would just open the doors right up, and his mom would say, "You can't just go barging in to other people's houses!". Below is Amanda passing out candy at "her house".

James WAS going to be a shark for Halloween, but he learned how to climb out of his crib the day before. Unfortuneately, he hasn't learned how to land yet, so the shiner is REAL. Poor guy landed right on his face on the hardwood floor. Lincoln is getting pretty close to escaping as well. Good thing we're getting a toddler rail for his bed soon. I love this pic, though. Such a boy. He's also got spaghetti sauce on his right cheek.

This was the last door, and they finally got the hang of knocking before entering. They never did learn to say "Trick or treat?".

I love fall leaves and colors. Don't you? There are those little red mapleish-looking leaves everywhere at our neighborhood park. I love 'em!

Bennett and Taya Myles, our "Korean" babies. Taya is a month and a bit younger than Bennett. Bennett is disgusted with her antics.

Lincoln with Auntie Amanda

Isn't this leaf amazing? I found it stuck in a drain. Just its veins are left, all the flesh in between was pounded out by the wind.

The Adsero Clan, not looking their best. I put this at the bottom of the post hoping that you wouldn't scroll down this far. As per usual, Matt's eyes are closed... or nearly so. I'm pretty sure Bennett's face has never looked fatter, by bicep has never been whiter, and Lincoln has never looked spacier. Happy Halloween!