Dress Up Party

We're not big fans of Halloween... at all... but when our impromptu games night fizzled, we decided to take the kids to at least see the other neighborhood kids downstairs at our building's dress up party. Of course we had to quickly put them into costumes (5 minutes to kick-off) so they could go trick-or-treating (why would we even tempt poor Hunter with all that junk that we ended up giving away to someone else anyway?) around the other apartments with the group. Though the kids did have fun with the other neighbors and it was good to mix & mingle a bit, It was a night of learning and remembering that we do have a responsibility to do our best to protect our children's eyes and minds from things that may cause fear. Good things to learn in a safe environment, eh. This parenting thing is full of lessons to be learned in all sorts of situations!

There were your standard princesses, Marvel superheros...

other characters...

and then there were our kids:

Helena, the Taiwanese princess...

and Hunter the hunter complete with duck calling whistle and his game.

Good thing we have good imaginations, eh!?!