Halloween

This Halloween, everyone was a bird. It just happened that way really.

CLARA decided some time this summer that she wanted to be a bluebird.

JUNE, in true little sister fashion, countered with a Cardinal. (The same, yet different.)

JOHN followed suit as a canary only the day before when I realized that I'd thrown away our tried and true baby bee costume before we knew there would be a John.

WILL chose to be Horus, the Egyptian God who happens to have a Falcon head.

Anyway, there were lots of feathers - boa-style around the neck, tucked in ponytails, painted on faces, draped onto footy PJs...

This was the best part of Halloween - the kids' anticipation as their costumes evolve, their glow when the costume is complete, and then the giddy running from house to house to reap the reward.

However, we had our moments, as we do every Halloween. I always end the day with vows to simplify, but it seems like we could simplify to nothingness and STILL have freak-outs!