Cake aftermath

Clean-up crew...

Look--all three are looking at the camera!

"I ate so much that my belly is hanging out!"

Sugar crash

Cake

Pre-party

Link to more Halloween pics

Sarah took some good pictures from Halloween. You can find them here...

Halloween

We didn't get too many pictures from trick-or-treating, because, well, it was dark. We headed over to the Budds' house (which has become tradition), and after dinner we headed into the neighborhood. All of the kids had fun--especially Ellen. After each house, she would come running down the driveway, yelling, "Mom! Look what I got!" or "Mom, I got (insert candy name here)!" And she insisted that we keep going until her pumpkin was full. Later she told me that she had a thousand candies. Both Emily and Ellen LOVED their Rapunzel costumes; Abby loved being a ladybug so much (even in a 3-6 month costume) that she wore it for a couple of days in advance.

Soccer awards

Emily finished her first soccer season. The last day they received medals, popcorn, and juice. Then there was a parents vs. kids game. Yes, I participated. Yes, I scored. Yes, I scored on 4- and 5-year-olds.

Ellen does not like to have her picture taken. You have to sneak up on her.

Classic Abby.
She's a sneaky one.

Ellen desperately wanted to be a part of everything.

We let her play in the game. She just kept running around, beehive style, yelling "I'm doing it! I'm doing it!" I think the ball accidentally hit her feet once or twice. She told Jon that she caught a goal. Once, she got too close to the game next to us, and kind of merged into that game, and I had to retrieve her. Oh, did I mention Ellen was clutching her bag of popcorn the ENTIRE time?

What was Abby doing, you ask? She was stealing the girls' juice boxes and finishing them off. Snacking on a little grass & dirt. Helping her dad with pictures.