Flu shots and trick or treating at JUB

On October 6th we dressed up to go trick or treating at Jon's work. Oh wait! And get flu shots. Yep. That was actually the purpose of the visit to JUB, but the idea was to make it more enjoyable for the kids, so they got to dress up and trick or treat at each of the offices in the building. So calling it a work party is definitely not accurate, and yet that's what we called it! For the week or two leading up to it, as soon as the girls knew about it. I think in hindsight the girls would still call it a party, but Lydia felt very differently about things while we were waiting in line for our shots. And yet she survived! And bled all over her Elsa costume. She was so tense! Jon went first to show her there was nothing to be scared of. Soph sat right down and didn't even blink during her turn. Mia and I went next and there were no tears, but Lyds was gripping the door jam like her life depended on it. And then her turn came and went and she moved on. Thoughts of candy and seeing how Jon's coworkers had decorated their offices was reason plenty to be cheery. And so we made our way through the offices and enjoyed the remainder of our time. Definitely time well spent.

Mr. Zomba with his hand in the candy cauldron at Dad's office was a favorite.

Sophie moments included Grandma's spooky hand inside her trick or treat bowl and her skeleton. Soph would not touch the creepy hand even though it was just soft and squishy. She did not want to say goodbye to Grandma when we left because of the spooky decorations. "Grandma's hand was small and her skeleton was big. I was brave getting a shot. And I liked getting a sucker and a cookie."

Lydia said, "my favorite part was all of the skeletons. I even liked the pirate skeleton. And I liked the boingy skeleton. And I liked Dad's skeleton (mr. Zomba) and I liked Grandma's skeleton. I was a little bit (I'll insert deathly) scared of the shot. I went last. I bled a lot and got it all over my Elsa costume sleeve. And I liked getting suckers and I liked getting sweethearts. And I liked the cookies we got after the shots. And I liked getting a snickers. And I liked getting that gumball."

Mia. Oh Mia! I loved watching her toddle around in her costume! The Olaf head kept getting in her face. She always had to have two treats, one in each hand. At each office she'd trade in what she had in her hand for whatever was in that bowl. We hadn't planned on her really participating, but she just loved following her sisters around and needed to do whatever they were doing. She was wearing the tiniest little boots (says Jon's boss) and may have even been on tiptoe. I'm not sure her feet fit in those boots as well as we'd like. She started following someone else thinking it was us and more importantly because she couldn't hardly see. She kept trying to keep up and almost fell over multiple times. But she never cried about falling, or the spooky décor. She was having the time of her life!

And I just have to include these:

Jon took the girls to J&J for a hayride while I wrote my talk a few weeks ago. Father of the year! They came home with some great pumpkins and got to get pictures of them looking like this! Mia knew just what to do when given the chance and made it very clear that she needed to get in on the action after watching Lydia and Sophie stick their heads through a few times.