The Wizard of Oz..."Quad-style" (Austin edition)

We started off Halloween morning in Austin- playing with some new toys!

Ethan grew very attached to the new car (surprise surprise)



Sav, trying her hardest NOT to smile...but failing miserably



Sweet Benny boy LOVES the motorcycle



Andrew, with lawnmower in hand, waiting to pounce on the "vacuuuum" as soon as Sav is not looking



Some lunch at a greasy Mom-n-Pop hamburger joint (aren't they the BEST?!?!). Sav feeding her queso addiction (guess where she gets that from...). Yep, once the chips are gone, she just goes on in with a spoon.



Lucky #7! Awwww...sweet lil' guys: Ethan, Benjamin, Andrew (excited to find these coats for $10 at the Carter's outlet!)



Dids trying to show an apprehensive Drew that the giant blow up ghosts will not get him



BOO! (sweet Benny buddy)



MY BOYS! Ugh--a Mama LOOOOOVES her boys! So precious. (Ben, Ethan and Drew laughing at their Dadda's Aggie yells)



Grampy and Grammy with their grand-quads



Such a sweet pic of Ben trying to let baby Trent have some of his sucker. Ben is SOOOO sweet with babies. Just melts my heart to mush!



Some of our besties! Molly with Trent, Jason, and the Steece 6



Now on to the Halloween fun! Ben once again- fought us with all his might as we dressed him in his lion costume. That makes a total of 3 fights! poor guy---but the second he has it on, he is perfectly fine for the rest of the night- every time! Go figure. The grandparents and kids in front of Grammy's awesome decorations.



See? Happy lion. (Ben and Sav always holding hands)



Love this picture! Sav is so excited and is running to the first trick-or-treat house. It was chilly so we all put on extra layers and coats...but SUCH a beautiful day!



"Clap your hands, everybody...everybody, clap your hands"--Quirky little Scarecrow (Andrew)



Mr. Tin Man (E) and his awesome Halloween bucket that Auntie Liz made for the quads! Isn't she talented folks?! (You also need to check out her tutus---to die for! Her website is: The Painted Daisies) Thanks Lizzie-poo, we LOVED them!



She's smiling! She's smiling!!! ;)



We stopped at our first house---our good friend, Doug, greeted us at the door! "Trick-or-Treat!"



Stopping for a group pic...



...and off we go!



We took the quads to a fun Halloween party and had to watch Andrew like a hawk! Little man was fearless and on FIRE--trying to sprint toward the outside swimming pool every chance he could get- (talk about giving Mama a heart attack!) We stopped at the Hansards' on the way home- so they could get in a little Wizard of Oz action as well! "Trick-or-Treeeeeat, Mary Beth!"



This is what we looked like by the end of the night...Spunky Savi ditched the dress



Miss Priss...Sassy Pants...Sassa-frass



Why does Ben look like an 8 year old in this pic? Ugh- growing up waaay too fast!



Ethan still happy as a little lark at 10pm!



and Mr. Spaz...seriously. We could not stop laughing because Andrew was NuTsO! I had given him Tylenol for teething right before we left the house and I think it was like baby crack to him...either that or he snuck into Grammy's candy bowl! He was NONSTOP energy & running around! (more so than usual). Silly little man-of-straw. Let's give him a sucker and watch him bounce off the walls!



"Whut YOU lookin' at, Lion?...U wanna piece-uh-me? Yah- I got my hat on still. I like it. So what..."



Mama and her baby girl



Joe, channeling Andrew's craziness...you can see it in the eyes! (and his plastered "perma-grin", as Conor would say) LOVE IT.


Our 1st Halloween outings were perfect! The "Wizard of Oz Quads" were GLOWING with excitement (even though they had no idea what was going on!) We had SO much fun and can't wait until next year! (...already have some costume ideas up my sleeve)