Happy Halloween!!

Halloween is great for checking out all the adorable children's costumes but it's a real doozy when you have little ones with LOTS of candy treasure. What's a parent to do? How do you secretly get rid of the "stash", the fruit of their labor of going door-to-door and begging for sugar, without breaking their little hearts? What about those of us who have an addiction to Tootsie Rolls and have an entire bag leftover from that night? Bah humbug!!

Sugar aside, Halloween week was a blast!!! LTD got a chance to dress up on several occasions: the Mother's of Mutliples party, their KPT class and on Halloween night. Dylan was sold on the duck outfit the first time I pulled it out for them to see (I bought 3 for a great price from a friend with triplets hoping LTD would like them - no questions asked). NOPE! Lindsey and Taylor had their hearts set on being princesses and that was that. I did talk them into wearing the duck outfits to KPT since they needed an outfit that was "easy on and off" for the teachers' sake. Princess outfits seem to include about 20 pieces of fluff per outfit and I couldn't do that to Ms. Lisa and Ms. Kim. I played and sang the "5 Little Ducks" song over and over for a few days prior to get them fired up about it, but Lindsey was NOT happy about it (although she caved in for one day). Not sure how they cope with all their stress, poor things!

Make sure to check out the KodakGallery link (right hand column) for all our Halloween photos and October fun. Also, click on the "music we love" to hear Steven Curtis Chapman's song "Cinderella", which seemed appropriate for our little princesses. Steven is a Christian music artist. If you don't know Steven's story about his daughter who he lost at an early age due to an unfortunate accident, check it out on google or YouTube. Very sad and it makes Dave and I want to hug our children tightly and never let them go.

Most recent quotes at Camp Clark:

Taylor: "Daddy, do you got a baby in your belly?" (no, that's just good beer)

Dave: "I like that meat on this pizza. What is it, sheep?" (confusing that with 'lamb' as in gyros - actually it was steak sliced thin )

Stay tuned for more :)