Halloween in December?

Firedog Patrick, Fireman Joe, and Firedog Luke

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I was tempted to put this post back in October, but that would just be deceitful. We lost our camera on our Trick-or-Treat Day, a few days before Halloween. We had pictures of all of the kids dressed up, the beautiful day and my (only) crafty creation of the "firetruck" triple-stroller. It really was cute, complete with felt ladder and felt hose. Alas, those photos are gone with the camera. I'm still holding out a little hope that St. Anthony will pull through for me like he has every other time, but it's been almost 2 months now. We dressed the kids up and took some pictures. I forgot how hard it was to try to get all three of them smiling at once. Heck, forget smiling, it's tough to get them to sit all together at one time.

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Patrick

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Luke

Fireman Joe

I forgot to mention before: Joe had fun seeing all of the other kids trick-or-treating. He loved giving out candy and would give from his own bucket sometimes (fine by me!) Anyway, a kid just about his size came up dressed like Batman. Joe got so excited to see Batman, he went up and gave the kid a hug. The kid didn't seem to mind, but the parents were a little creeped out.

The other thing that happened that day was that Luke fell down our basement stairs. He pretty much log-rolled it, but it scared us to death. He was fine with another piece of candy to calm him down. So far, Joe has 2 trips down, Luke one and Patrick none, which is surprising because Patrick is usually our more adventurous one.