A Star Wars Halloween

This year we had a Star Wars Halloween. Everyone dressed up as their favorite Star Wars character.

Here we are before all of the Trick-or-Treating festivities begin.

Joshua Stephen showing off his clone trooper protection skills.

Me hanging out with my favorite Trick-or-Treaters.

Daddy corralling the troops.

Ready to go collect some candy!

Princess Leia

Here's our little princess dressed up as the beautiful Princess Leia.

My favorite part of her costume was her felt bun head piece. (Can't be Princess Leia without the buns.)

Snuggling with our little lady while doing a little trick-or-treating.

Daddy toting around his little princess. Next year she'll be walking, but this year she preferred to travel via our arms.

Here she is pointing to a piece of candy she wants.

Now she is expressing how bad she wants it.

A sweet picture of Mary Beth with her Daddy.

Jedi Anakin Skywalker

Here's our cute little Caleb Drue dressed up as Jedi Anakin Skywalker.

He was supposed to dress up as Yoda, but he didn't wake up from his nap in a very good mood, so he decided that changes had to be made to his costume.

Here he is making his demands.

"I won't wear those Yoda ears- I just won't."

Good thing we think he makes a pretty cute Jedi Knight.

Our Clone Trooper

Joshua Stephen dressed up as his favorite clone trooper Captain Rex.

Earlier this year when we asked Joshua Stephen what he wanted to be when he grows up, he said a Star Wars guy.

Here's our fearless clone trooper.

This year Joshua Stephen picked the theme for our Halloween- Star Wars. Once he decided to dress up as Captain Rex, Caleb followed suit and decided that he wanted to dress up like a Star Wars character also. (It seems like somebody wants to be just like their Big Brother.)

The Loot

Here's just some of the Loot we collected this Halloween.
(Of course some of it disappeared before we even made it home.)

The boys taking inventory.

Trying to decide which piece of candy to have for their bed time treat.

Mary Beth had to examine everything very closely.

She had so much fun playing in our huge pile of candy.

Sampling some of the goods.

Trying to get a hold of Big Brother's favorite.

Herding Cats

So what's life like with three kids age 5 and under? We often say it's a lot like herding cats. The pictures below give you just a little glimpse into what that sometimes looks like.

Kay-Kay really wanted to get a picture in front of this beautiful tree with it's gorgeous Fall colors.

Of course we couldn't get the boys to pose with us in the picture. But here's a closer view of us girls with the boys playing in the background.

Here's us trying to get a family picture. I think Kay-Kay and Dawson's faces express it best.

Upon closer look it looks like Caleb may be the instigator.

Surely I don't really look like that when I am lecturing my children about proper picture taking etiquette.

Here's the best family picture we could get: Caleb throwing a fit, Joshua Stephen in action, and Mary Beth looking the other direction.
(I think I need to learn how to do photo shop if we want some good family photos.)
I must say that even though life can be a little chaotic with three Little Ones, I absolutely love it!
I have come to learn to accept a certain level of chaos at all times. Life goes well when I openly embrace the chaos (knowing that it will only last for a season), and not so well when I expect everything to look and work out perfectly. I am so thankful for each of our kiddos. I love that they are close in age and also close with each other.
It may make for some crazy pictures, but it also makes for some fun memories along the way.

We did manage to get one good picture of Mary Beth with her biggest fans.

Thanks for a great visit Paw-Paw Kenny and Kay-Kay!

Delighting in our Darling

Mary Beth had so much fun getting to hang out with her Kay-Kay.

She was so excited to show her Kay-Kay all of her new tricks and favorite toys.

She loved having some undivided attention.

Of course Paw-Paw Kenny had to get in on some good Mary Beth lovin'.