Happy Halloween/ Happy Birthday Daddy

Happy Birthday Daddy! Halloween is that special time of year when everyone gets to dress up and celebrate Matt's birthday.  This year we started out by taking the boys trick-or-treating at Daddy's work.  Joshua was a bumble bee and Noah was a Cebu, or cow.  Of course if you ask Joshua, he was a Bumble bee Cebu and Noah was a cow.  So what is all this talk about Cebu's about?  When Noah was born, Joshua was given his first Veggie Tale DVD which was called "Josh and the Great Wall."  The Silly Song by Larry on that episode is about 3 Cebus.  A Cebu is a cow.  Anyway Joshua really, really likes cebus and singing about them. I tried to get him a cebu costume for Halloween, but couldn't find any I liked in his size, but I did find an adorable bumble bee so that is what his costume was.  I did find an adorable cow costume so that is what Noah was. (It did come with tights, which he wore and was called a "cute little girl" all night, so hopefully this was the first and last time he'll wear tights. Ha! )  Apparently our house was only big enough for one Cebu because when you asked Joshua what he was for Halloween he'd say a Bumble bee Cebu, but if you asked him what Noah was for Halloween, he'd say a cow.

Joshua the Bumble Bee Cebu

Noah the Cow

Anyway, our area voted to celebrate Halloween on Saturday, October 30th so we started out by going to Publix where they had stations set up for the kids to play games.  Then we went home where we gave out candy.  Joshua got really excited whenever someone came to the door.  Then Mommy took Joshua and Noah trick-or-treating to a few houses while Daddy gave out candy, then Mommy and Daddy traded jobs.  It was a really fun night.  Joshua liked knocking on people's doors and then walking in like he owned the place when they opened the door.  He wasn't too interested in saying "trick-or-treat", but he did say thank you.  I was excited that he seemed to get most enthusiastic about suckers instead of chocolate. More for Mommy and Daddy! Also we gave Daddy cards and presents and had a wonderful day. We love you Daddy! Happy Birthday!

Funny side note: One of the Veggie Tales songs talks about the Promised Land and how God said it would be "flowing with milk and honey." I find it amusing that Joshua says he is a Cebu Bumble bee, which if that combination could produce something, wouldn't it be milk and honey?