Adventures with Gus, Bernadette, Dominic and Josephine: Halloween and Fall Pictures

Today's pictures are sort of a mess. There are pre-Halloween pictures from when we were down on the farm last week, a few corn-stock pictures (which we try to make a fall tradition), a few actual Halloween pictures and then some pictures that I snapped this morning when after all of the kids crawled in with me.

For our pre-Halloween photo shoot I didn't have Dominic's costume done, so he wore a costume Ruth had used for Simon long ago. A lion--which was pretty cute.

Bernadette decided she was a teeth brushing princess.

Rosie and Luke got in on the fun too. They are little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.

And, he really was a big bad wolf!

Dommy was a bit of a stuffed (lion) shirt.

And, of course, we had to take a few pictures of the two little animals.

Later that day we headed outside to take a few corn-stock pictures. My dad and Paul have bailed A LOT this year. The shed are full and there are towering rows of hey bale and corn stock bails all over the yard/grove. We usually like to take pics of the kids out in the field before the bales are picked up, but we weren't in Marshall soon enough ;).

And, my mom had to bring her little assistant with--the kitty Bernadette tames last time we were in Marshall. The kitty sits on my mom's shoulder most of the day and even takes naps there--which for a non-kitty-lover like me is totally weird.

The sun was a little bright.

We didn't last long by the corn stalks because something much more interesting was happening. Cement trucks were coming on and off the yard, laying new cement out in the cattle yard. Gus and the kitty had a great view of the action.

Bernadette's view was not quite so good.

And finally, we played for a while on Grandpa's Juggle Gym AKA an old feed-wagon.

A few days later Bill was home from Michigan and suddenly it was Halloween!

We went with a Mid-Evil Theme--King, Queen, Knight, Princess and Dragon.

Our nice neighbor Jasper was nice enough to take these pictures for us.

We did just a little trick-or-treating on Halloween, ate supper with Bill's Aunt and Uncle, went to a Halloween party with the old group of friends and (I at least) ate waaaay too much candy.

Bill is traveling once again this week--this time to Kansas. We are still adjusting to Day-Light-Savings-Time around here, so when the kids got up a little earlier than usual I pulled them into bed with me. The morning light was so nice that I just had to run and get the camera.