Here's our little ladybug! Evy's friend Rylan loaned her this adorable ladybug costume that Evy was delighted to wear for Halloween this year. Here she is trick or treating (so Mom and Dad could eat all her candy).
Below, Mom dressed up as a mechanic (an old Drama Club costume that could accommodate a small baby belly) and in case you can't tell, Dad is Mr. T.
Here's another trick or treating action shot, but notice the beautiful black cat in the background that so conveniently posed for a Halloween picture. See the end of the post for the story on this cat.
Mr. T and the Ladybug at our church's annual Fall Family Festival. Mom was painting faces.
Evy's cousins were all dressed in very fun, home made costumes too.
From left, Cade (an Ewok from Star Wars), Megan (a TV), Ashley (a duck), Joel (a scientist), Evy (a very grouchy ladybug), and Maddie (an artist).
The Black Cat Story:
We've been seeing this cat in our neighborhood for months! I've always thought black cats are beautiful, but this one really got our attention because it kept popping up everywhere! For example, our neighbors went for a walk one day. They saw it as they left their house on one end of the street, and a few minutes later, saw it on the opposite end of the street. They thought, "Wow! What a fast cat to have moved so far in such a short time."
Stories like this started emerging from other neighbors too. One day the cat was wearing a pink collar, the next a purple, the next, no collar at all. In the course of an afternoon, it had sunbathed in all of our yards. She drove our dogs nuts all day!
We started calling her Aretha. And we began to believe Aretha was either very active, or amazing at time management. How did she manage to get so much done each day?
Some time later, one of our neighbors got to talking to a woman who'd moved to the neighborhood a few months before and had a hard time keeping track of her 2 cats.
"What do they look like?" asked our neighbor.
"Oh, they're twin males, maybe you've seen them around, they're both all black."
Ha! That explained everything. Needless to say, many of us still call them "Aretha."
Stories like this started emerging from other neighbors too. One day the cat was wearing a pink collar, the next a purple, the next, no collar at all. In the course of an afternoon, it had sunbathed in all of our yards. She drove our dogs nuts all day!
We started calling her Aretha. And we began to believe Aretha was either very active, or amazing at time management. How did she manage to get so much done each day?
Some time later, one of our neighbors got to talking to a woman who'd moved to the neighborhood a few months before and had a hard time keeping track of her 2 cats.
"What do they look like?" asked our neighbor.
"Oh, they're twin males, maybe you've seen them around, they're both all black."
Ha! That explained everything. Needless to say, many of us still call them "Aretha."
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