
“I’m an Alley Cat!” <–Name that movie.
Complete with bandaged tail, this homemade creation that my mom made for my older brother to wear when I was just a baby, (Sorry Mom, I somehow lost the black mittens.) was Patrick’s first of many choices of costumes. Patrick loved to pretend to be each thing we asked him if he was interested in dressing up as, but since we had this costume and it fit him just right we decided to stick with his first choice. Patrick was a brave little cat roaring at the scary houses when we trick-or-treated to them. Patrick Loved being an alley cat and carrying around his tail when he wasn’t eating candy. Meow.
(Side note: The bandaged tail was to fix the original hole put in the tail by my big brother Nathaniel, and added to by my little sister Camilla from dragging it on the sidewalks trick-or-treating)

A little robot dance from Alma before we head out. I made his pants myself, and Kevin helped Alma make the box/body. They wrapped a box from Baby Wipes in real shiny tape for ducts (fancy duct tape) and then took turns drawing on it with permanent marker. (side note: Alma was a robot last year too and loved it so much that he would only consider being anything else if he could be it while still being a robot. Cowboy Robot anyone?)
“Beep! Beep! Trick-or-Treat!” and “Meow! Nandy?”
Hee hee hee! I see candy!
This is at the Trunk-or-Treat at the church.
Halloween Mommy!

Look up the book, it’s the best. And so are these guys.
Alma doesn’t think so.
And Patrick gave me the crazy eye!
Tags : Alma, Patrick
What?! You think caffeine is the only way to wake up your day? I beg to differ.
Cute, cute, cute. This one’s for you Auntie ‘Milla!
This is the biggest fish that Kevin caught this year, it was in the middle of October. It’s a big ol’ catfish and it almost got away when the line broke as it was within a foot of the shore, so we scooped it up with the cooler and managed to bring it home! Alma and Patrick were jumping up and down saying, “Go Daddy Go!”
Way to go Kevin!
I love our backyard, and it is pictures like this that keeps me loving it through the cold cold winter.
Patrick on the left, Alma on the right. ‘Nuff said.