Halloween fun

Wal-Mart had a Halloween walk for the kids today. It was so much fun! The kids loved it!!! It was great to see Lucas interacting so positively with strangers in such a busy, chaotic setting. (this is far outside his comfort zone. we have been doing a lot of work to overcome his shyness and unwillingness to talk to people.) He happily walked up to the people with the candy bowls and said 'trick or treat', picked out a piece of candy and said 'thank you'. All without prompting. He even smiled and was happy about it!! I was so proud! And Gwendolyn is a tiny people person. She was delighted that she got to talk to so many nice people that gave her treats :)

They got to play a game of tossing an eyeball into a pumpkin bucket.

We stopped to look at Indian corn. Because we do every time we are at the store - Lucas loves it!

They got to make little ghosts out of suckers and decorate them.

Gwendolyn was all about getting candy out of the bowls :) (no, she doesn't actually eat candy. she just thought it was a fun game!)

Lucas colored a pumpkin picture. (he actually wanted to color it ORANGE. what happened to the purple cows and blue trees??)

They had fun wandering through the store.

They got to decorate and eat sugar cookies. This was by far Lucas's favorite part!

It's wonderful how the simple little things in life make them so happy. They're so joyful :)