It's Halloween!

We carved the Great (little) Pumpkins with our friends on the front "lawn", while also chatting, playing baseball, eating pizza, playing catch, eating (lots of) pumpkin bread, and sipping hot cider. Then we finally convinced G to put on his costume (the dragon, not the bird) and went "visiting" in our court -- which turned quickly into "trick-or-treating". ;-)

Is it a bird? He was a bird on Thursday at Jil's House (day care), but today, he wouldn't put on his costume. As you will see, he decided to be something more exciting.

The other players...

Amanda

Solomon

and Renata.

And the parents, of course. We had the kids outnumbered, but there were still times I would find myself alone with them all, calling out "3 to 1!" to get some help. ;-)

The face paint was shared (Solomon was a Transformer, for those of you without a 5 year old)...

and used for painting pumpkin faces, too.

Finally, it was time to turn into a dragon...

Dragon's roar!

And they smile!

They are also known to give this look. :-)

Amanda transformed into the Cookie Monster, and they were ready to go!

They got the hang of it pretty darn quickly...




And they weren't even scared off by the skeleton!

But even after "visiting", there was more work to be done.

And here are the results: design on the left by Gabriel, on the right by Noelani