Three Little Pigs

This post is all about the Three Little Pigs. Most all of our activities this week including dressing up in our Halloween costumes. Fortunately the kids LOVE their Three Little Pigs costumes, even the "hat" which toddlers oftentimes refuse to wear. When I put the outfit on them, they immediately start asking to wear the hat. And all month long when you ask them what they are going to be for Halloween they reply with "piggeeee!" emphatically.

We first broke out their costumes at music class followed by gym class a few days later.

Next up was our stroller workout class (first picture below) followed by a parade around the mall with my multiples group. There were several dozen sets of twins and triplets decked out in all kinds of adorable and creative costumes.

Only a handful of the multiples made it in this picture. Thankfully, the hot pink costumes are easy to spot because with all of these activities, I had lots of piggies on the run!

Today I made the kids a special Halloween breakfast. They got to eat a caterpillar (banana with peanut butter), ant bed with ants (oatmeal and raisins) and sticks (thinly cut cinnamon raisin bread). The kids loved it and Payson was more interested in playing with it than eating it!

I had some adorable Halloween bags custom made for the kids and they got to open their bags full of goodies after breakfast (it was like having Halloween stockings!).

Our playgroup had a Halloween party and the kids, once again, loved wearing their costumes and did so for several hours without complaint.

 We intended to photograph only the kids but it didn't take long for us to realize that the moms needed to jump in to stabilize the active crew.

 Payson playing peek-a-boo in his house made out of sticks.

 Daddy, who was the Big Bad Wolf in theory, though never outfitted in actuality, playing with the pigs outside.

Loaded and ready to go in their muddy wagon.

And we're off! Pops and Nunie joined us for the triplets' first Trick or Treat experience!

Hayden, Madison and Payson did a great job Trick or Treating at their very first house! Hayden was spooked right off the bat by some teenage boys dressed with Scream masks, so she preferred to ride in the wagon (and eat candy!) for the first batch of houses while Payson and Madison collected candy for her. And at house number two they got to knock on the door, and when the lady opened it Payson walked right in! And why not? That's usually what you do when you go to a front door!

Mommy, with Madison, out from behind the camera for once!

After returning home, the piggies played in the front yard and helped Mommy hand out candy.

Payson is our big helper right now, and he was so proud and desperate to help Mommy hand out the candy. We sat on the steps and alternated dropping candy into Halloween buckets and bags. The two of us were a great team and could have gone on for hours but eventually Daddy killed the lights and we headed inside for much-needed baths and sleep.