Next Generation

One of the things we did to celebrate Gr. M’s birthday (almost two months ago now…) was go to The Coffee Cottage for a free birthday drink!  It’s also a favorite source for steamy milk and yummy pastries.  Here are some fun pics Joel took that day.  We also went hiking and to Lincoln City, so I’ll put that post up next, hopefully.

We had a little dinosaur this Halloween!  Joel was unfortunately sick, so he couldn’t go with us.  E and I had a splendid time anyway.  The first shot is of E when he first got his costume:

The afternoon of Halloween we had to have some way of keeping him occupied until it was time to trick-or-treat…

Here’s the back of the costume:

Yay, all dressed!

First stop: The Coffee Cottage, where they gave out free hot chocolates or apple ciders to kids in costumes.  Here he is waiting for his drink…

and trying it out!  Mmm…tasty.

We trick-or-treated around downtown and he got basically a full pumpkin’s worth of candy.

We went home for dinner and photo ops.

Then we traipsed over to his cousins’ place.  These two are next to impossible to get a photo where they’re both looking and have a pleasant expression!

I was experimenting with the flash, and when I edited these two shots I thought they looked cool even though it wasn’t exactly what I meant to do:

Darth…

Let the trick-or-treating begin!

Getting a little tired, but still gung-ho.

Also present were E’s cousins’ cousins and some neighbor kids (and their parents).

After a long evening…

E only had 2 pieces of candy all evening, but was up until after 11!  He had a great time…now it’s just a matter of getting rid of the candy without a hyped-up kiddo.  *sigh*  It’s a rough job, but somebody’s gotta do it!