Our First Halloween

At first, the day started out like any other-- waking up, feeding, playing, cooing. But then Mommy & Daddy started talking about some strange things-- candy, pumpkins, costumes. They told us it was our first celebration of a special holiday called Halloween. These outfits (a thoughtful gift from Grandma Schleicher) were perfect, they said, for the holiday! (Cody is on the left in all 3 pictures below.)

But when Mommy dressed us up in these funny elf costumes, we knew the day would be like no other.

The evening, Mommy & Daddy said, was reserved for a special activity called "trick-or-treating." They said we were a bit too young for this, so instead, we visited some friends and took candy to them. We gave out Kit Kats because they come in twos-- just like us! Daddy had a special line that he'd say whenever our friends answered the door: "Kit Kats for you, from not just one elf, but TWO!"

Here is the kind lady, Miss Connie, who gave us these costumes. She is the secretary of our church and a mother of twins as well.

Here we are with one of the pastors of our church and his wife Melissa. They are always so good at holding us and making us smile!

We also stopped by Miss Katie and Mr. Josh's house. Miss Katie comes over to play with us every week on Wednesdays.

Mr. Chad and Miss Alecia were there too. We sure have lots of people who love us!

In addition to these friends' homes, we also went to a frozen yogurt shop and met with a bunch of teenagers from Daddy's youth group. We were passed around to lots of loving arms there. Mommy forgot to take pictures of us with these new friends. Maybe she was too busy eating frozen yogurt...

So all in all, it was a pretty fun new holiday to celebrate. Jaden (on the L below) is excited for the day when he'll be able to enjoy some of the yummy candy. Cody is very interested in the Halloween ball Miss Connie gave to us as gifts. We both are a little embarrassed by the goofy glasses Mommy & Daddy are wearing, but hey, Halloween only comes around once a year, right? So maybe for this one special day, it's okay to be a little silly.