Happy "Halloween Lion"

From the moment I got this costume from Tara, I tried to get Al to try it on-to no avail. He loved to look at it and talk about being a "Halloween Lion", as he phrased it, but as soon as I would ask him to put it on-no way. However, by some miraculous turn of events, and A LOT of ditraction techniques, we got Al to not only put it on, byt keep it on all night. The fur matched his hair perfectly.

I just wanted Hopie to be something girly, so I decided on a butterfly princess. Can't get much more girly than that.

We went to Jason and Christina's for trick-or-treating, since this is difficult to do in a loft building (no porch lights to indicate you are waiting with candy, among other reasons)... Hope made it to one house before she decided this was bogus and she had had enough. Who needs candy, when you have breast milk?

This picture pretty much sums up the scene that developed as we attempted to get a group grandchild picture. We finally got Hunter to sit to the side of everyone instead of in front, Hope couldnt stand it any longer, Al was putting grass in Hunter's hair, and the picture was taken moments after Parker was coaxed into sitting in the chaos for a half second while mom snapped a picture.

Surprisingly, Al's favorite candy is a sucker, which he was determined to pick from the basket at every house, leaving Beau and I with little to be tempted by... thanks Al.