Lucy's First Halloween!

While this was Clark and my second Halloween in our house, it was Lucy's FIRST Halloween! We continued our tradition of giving Lucy a toy to commemorate the holiday by giving her an orange squeaky pumpkin. Despite the fact that Lucy can now devour a soft, plush toy in less than 10 minutes, we continue to spend our money to buy her these toys...she absolutely LOVES the challenge of getting to the squeaker! At first, she just runs around the house and just squeaks it in her mouth, then she can apart the stitching and looks so proud when she rips all the fluff and padding out. Lucy loved the trick-or-treaters that came to the door and knocked, or better yet, rang our old-fashioned doorbell. She loves people and loves greeting people at the front door. In case you were wondering, Lucy dressed up as the devil. While I searched high and low for a Snoopy or Lucy Van Pelt costume, a friend gave me their old devil costume that their dog outgrew. Thanks Riley! It kind of fits because when Lucy is bad or misbehaves, we call her "Lucifer!" But of course, Lucy is farthest from the devil...she is truly an angel. She is such a sweet dog, loves to snuggle, and has such a great temperament. So the costume is ironic and funny in that sense. Red has always been Lucy's power color, so it was fitting that her devil horns and cape were red. Clark and I didn't dress up and we were so busy this year with Lucy and the upcoming elections that we even forgot to carve pumpkins - what a shame! Oh well, there is always next year! Happy Halloween!

Lucy's Halloween Toy

Lucy squeaking her pumpkin

Lucy getting "down to business" on ripping apart the pumpkin

Lucy sniffing the pumpkin and checking it out

Lucy dressed up as a devil for Halloween

Lucy not quite sure what to make of her costume

"Mama, how long do I have to wear this outfit?"

Lucy and Andrea

The cutest little devil you've ever seen

Mama is bribing me with peanut butter...the longer I wear this devil costume for pictures, the more peanut butter I get...yummy!

Daddy's turn for a photo-op with our little devil

Lucy's horns and red cape

Her red cape even has a red tail!

Okay, I know I am a cute devil, now get me out of this costume!

How can you say no to this precious face?

Lucy is really good at sitting down when there are treats involved

First Halloween in Our New Home

This was our first Halloween in our new home and we were excited about carving pumpkins and handing out candy to trick-or-treaters. Since we live just a few blocks down from an elementary school, we expected to have many kids...we were right. I bought two large candy bags from Costco and we kept track of how many kids visited our door...we were close to 100!

Clark carving his pumpkin

Clark doing the icky part

Clark carving his pumpkin

Andi carving her pumpkin

Andrea showing off her pumpkin

Our house decorated for the fall and Halloween

Our front porch decorated with leaves and our pumpkins

Our front porch and doorstep

No, a 6-year-old child did not carve this pumpkin, Clark did (a 28-year-old)!