Happy Halloween!!!

It's after 9:30pm here so our Halloween is done. Trick-or-treating is over. Noah put on 3 different costumes before he finally decided what he was wearing.... FIVE MINUTES BEFORE TRICK-OR-TREATING STARTED!!! I originally bought him a pirate costume on clearance after Halloween last year... and he wanted to be a pirate up till about two weeks ago. He changed his mind to a dinosaur... so while Daddy was in Seattle, he found a great dinosaur costume... but he put it on & decided he didn't like the way the head fit him. Can you say "wasted money"???? Funny thing is... he didn't wear either of those! Daddy brought him his very own flight suit from one of his trips... it has patches like Daddy & even has his name embroidered on one patch... so he wore that with one of Daddy's old flight helmets... TADA! a pilot!

Noah had so much fun going trick-or-treating. He was the hit of the neighborhood in his costume.

And he got WAY too much candy. This is only about half of his loot. I had to dump out his little pumpkin bucket into this bigger bag. He filled the little pumpkin twice!!

I hope everyone has a fabulous Halloween with lots of treats!! Our night is over... and we are TIRED!!

a boy... and his (temporary) dog

We're doggie-sitting for a friend for about 6 weeks... and today was Day One. :) Charlie arrived around 1pm and quickly made himself at home... checked out every room in the house, sniffed everything, marked every tree in the yard, played ball with Noah, went for a walk & took a nap.

Charlie is a great dog. He's a beagle. Really friendly but not hyper & only barks at other dogs, which we don't have around our house very often. He's obviously sad that his owner isn't here... but he's warmed up to us really quickly. Noah was super impressed with the tricks he'll do for a treat! "Roll over" scored major points!

We're using this doggie-sitting as a "trial run" for getting a dog of our own. Noah has been begging for a dog for about a year. If this goes well, we'll get him a dog about the time Charlie goes home... which will be sometime near the end of November or beginning of December. I'm not a fan of pets for Christmas or birthday gifts, but it just happens to work out close to the holidays and Noah's 5th birthday (December 13).

Reality set in about 10 minutes after our friend left Charlie here... EEK!!! I have a dog in my house!!! But after our time outside and a few laps around the house, I see this:
... and I think this is gonna be just fine. :) They are in the livingroom floor, looking out the patio doors... nothing out there... but they watched that nothing for 20 minutes!

A quick peek...

Just a quick peek at the photos from the Air Force Ball for Mom!!