
Olee, Diego and Isa, all super duper pumped about trick or treating. Olee and Diego representing the pirate contingent, Isa exploring her witchy side
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We are the black cat family. We were supposed to be Olee’s black cats because originally he was going to be a witch, we even bought him the witch hat, broom and I made him a witch cape and everything, but on the day of halloween and especially in the last hour before trick or treating he must have changed his mind about what to be about 10 times. “I think i will be a knight” then a few minutes later, “I think I will be a witch, oh maybe not, maybe just a bat…um a cat now” and on and on. So in the end, 10 minutes before heading out the door, the final decision was a pirate, and Diego, it seemed had the same idea, as he was planning on being a fireman (or a witch) before that. Its no surprise that they both wanted to be pirates though, as everyday those two boys congrigate either upstairs in Diego’s room or downstairs in Olee’s room and either act out some grand pirate adventure with costume and map making, or play pirates with Diego’s chockable lego pirate ships.

Fiona sported the princess (ballerina?) garb.

Aunty meagan was Will’s limo/black stallion.

Chris, the cowboy, and our friend Josh, gorilla man?

Erika was also a witch, and we also went trick-or-treating with our neighbor and her two kids and our brother-in-law once removed Reed. We were quite the posse.

Every year I ask shane, and why are we doing this again? Willingly inviting strangers to load up our kids with totally processed white sugar candy garbage? fueled by the multi-billion dollar corporations to keep our kids high on the sweet stuff and everyone spending loads of money on empty calories… okay okay, its halloween, I know, I don’t need to get all political, but really, I dream of the day when our neighborhoods can come together and celebrate with hot apple cider and naturally sweetened baked goods (like in the good ol’ days, you know, the times before disposable rasor blades were invented!), where young and old people all intermingle and celebrate joyfully those who have passed on before us. maybe I just need to go to mexico next year. Well, anyways, until that happens, It is still fun to dress up and be out and about in the neighborhood with the kids, who by the way, LOOOOOVE Halloween.

Olee’s Birthday is just 2 days after Halloween, and so we will have a party for him later this week, but on the day of his birthday Shane put some candles in his oatmeal (that’s right 4 candles, 4 years old!)

We also had his favorite dinner, chicken burgers and french fries. It was Will’s first intiation into the chicken burger cult- he thoroughly enjoyed it. Strawberry (soy) icecream for dessert. yum.



















































Will learning to walk with grandpa and shane.
Grandma showing the kids videos on youtube.
Grandma playing gummybear house with the big kids.
Grandma teaching olee how to wash our windows (since I never do
Grandpa loving up fiona.
Grandma and Will having a moment.
Ice cream!
Hiking with Grandpa.
Grandma and Will getting their yearly dose of pattycake.
Waking up every morning to Grandpa working on his computer.
Will loving his gramps.
All of us sans erika and fiona at the Greater Vancouver Zoo.



























































































