Halloween 2009

Yes, we do Halloween here at the Leeds house, but don't fret - we spend most of our time at the church's fall festival.  Halloween can be a controversial issue among Christians, after all, wasn't it first a pagan celebration prior to All Saint's Day?  While we certainly don't want to teach our kids the pagan way of life, I can't say that Halloween the day has that message anymore.  When kids think Halloween, they think "CANDY!" and maybe some of them think "costumes!" (at least my Jacob does)  So, we do Halloween on the conservative side:  no witches, no ghosts, no monsters, no scary stuff...  This year, we went to the fall festival at our church:  which involved "trunk or treating," games, and food.  Afterward, I promised them we could go door-to-door in our neighborhood.  Our neighborhood is primarily eldery folks who have been here since the beginning and I just so enjoy watching my kids interact with them.  The neighbors "ooh" and "ahh" over their costumes (which they enjoy)  and the kids "ooh" and "ahh" over the candy (which the neighbors enjoy).  We ended up with quite a loot.  I sent most of the candy off to Mark's office because we simply could not eat it all!

Jason as Darth Vader (Star Wars); Amber as Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo); Jacob as Snake Eyes (GI Joe)