Halloween

It's been a very busy few weeks for us, but we did manage to sneak in a bunch of Halloween activities. The kids got to wear their costumes four days in a row! Last year I swore that I wasn't ever making costumes again...well, I decided I couldn't do one for Jack and not for Cole. The turtle was a little easier than the elephant was, but still kind of a pain...we'll see if baby #3 gets one next year. (At least Jack got two years of wear out of the elephant...I don't think Cole will be able to wear his next year.)
We went on a Halloween hike with a Harry Potter theme in the local forest, the ward's trunk or treat, and the library for the costume parade and activities. I don't have pictures of everything, but I think I got some good one of the boys in their costumes.On Halloween we went trick or treating in Kalamazoo where Matt was interviewing with a sports medicine program. Jack had been insisting for several days that he wanted to go to exactly "five houses". Once we did our five though, he thought it would be okay to go to a few more.
Back at the hotel that night, Cole crib was comically small and Jack didn't have a bed at all...we improvised. Jack was very excited about going to the hotel and when we got there he said. "okay, now grandma's going to come!". Last week, we stayed at a hotel in Detroit while Matt interviewed in Montana. My mom surprised us by coming to join us at the last minute. We went to the zoo and out to eat....I even got to go to Costco! I have pictures, but of course they're on the camera that is dead with a missing charger. Sorry mom! I'll figure something out.
We got to go on a tour of Kalamazoo while Matt interviewed. The boys were really good and handled spending most of the day in the car like champs.