Trick or Treat from our Juvenile Delinquents

This year R. and J. are celebrating "Orange and Black Day" at school. Wearing costumes and/or mentioning the word Halloween are not allowed. Does the phrase "Bah Humbug!" transfer to other holidays? They wore black and I sprayed their hair orange. R. is lucky enough to already have black hair so he opted to incorporate both colors. S. took the picture of the boys. She didn't get a good first shot and this, her second try, evoked these annoyed expressions!

(R. has great gloomy teenager potential, don't you think?)

Here are some web cam Halloween pictures of the girls:

I'll post more pictures of the rest of today's festivities. R. and J. will be firefighters, S. will be the dalmatian firehouse dog, and C. will be a fire hydrant. Ben and I bought thrift store jammies and slippers and will be the people who they rescue from the burning building. And suggestions for creating fake billowing smoke are appreciated.

Two updates/tidbits:

First, S. went on her first field trip on Wednesday to the local fire station. She asked about flashover likeUncle Steve told her to! She said he answered; "It's when a fire goes KA-BOOM!" She also told "13 people counting the firefighter, who has a round head that's way bigger than my head, way bigger," that her uncle is a firefighter.

Second, Ben's church bag was found this morning in the bushes next door. Yay! So except for buying a new wallet, an annoying amount of credit card company calling, and replacing his license, not much damage was done. There was a check for $184.00 in his wallet that was cashed but I'm glad most of his stuff was found. Happy Halloween!