Trick-or-Treating in the 'hood

Our street was HOPPING on our third Halloween in Glendale! So many kids, so much candy!

Per St. Louis tradition, both kids were armed with jokes, committed to memory, for the trick-or-treating event! (In St. Louis, you must do either a trick or tell a joke to get your loot!) Before heading out to tell their jokes, the kids joined the neighborhood kids for the annual picture. Thanks Kelli for being the official photog for the group!
Family picture - Mom, Dad, Laura Ingalls Wilder and Darth Vader.

The jokes Em and Adam told this year:

• What is a mummy's favorite music? RAP!
• What is a skeleton's favorite instrument? TromBONE
• What does Tweety Bird say on Halloween? Trick-or-TWEET!

One joke that has stuck with me - what is a vampire's favorite drink? BLOODweiser! of course, my guess was "Bloody Marys?"

In the trick department, only two kids did a treat - they performed a dance for me. I heard a large group of kids a few doors down singing, but by the time they reached my house, all they wanted was to cut through the backyard to get home quicker because they were cold!!

Official Race Photos

A few pictures from the finish of the marathon when we could manage to muster some smiles despite sore muscles and swollen faces. Minutes after these pictures, our muscles siezed up and we could hardly walk. Good times.

Adam's Halloween Party

Today was Adam's Halloween Party at school. Like Emily's yesterday, the Halloween Parade through the neighborhood ty was cancelled due to rain. So, the kids paraded through the hallway and into the big play room where the parents took some pictures. Adam had a great day at school and is ready to trick-or-treat tomorrow night!

Adam with his friends Nicolas and John.

Ava, Caden and Adam

Lily, Ella, Adam and Katie

Emily's Halloween Party

Paul and I both attended Emily's Halloween Party yesterday. We realized that when her class was eating snack that she wasn't feeling well. Her teacher walked her to the nurse's office and reported back that Emily had a fever and was laying down. We took her home after the party and her fever was 102. She's laid pretty low today and hopefully will be back to normal before school resumes on Monday. Good thing she had today off anyways!

The kids made spiders out of ding dongs, candy, and pretzels. Here, Andrew seems to be really enjoying his snack!

Emily's buddies Isabel and Erin during the Mummy wrapping competition!

Bffs and Miley Cyrus

Emily was lucky enough to be invited to see Miley Cyrus at Scottrade with MAdison and her mom. I think a good time was had by all! Thanks Herwecks for inviting Emily! Emily had a great time, but was a little bummed that she didn't see her Springfield BFF Maddie who was at the concert also.

Halloween at Grant's Farm

The Kreidlers went with two other neighbor families to experience Grants Farm at night! The kids all dressed up in costume and had fun dancing in the courtyard with Frankenstein and assorted characters!


Emily with Nicolas

Paul and Frank

The "Horny" girls associating with some vampires! Funny...they don't look like Edward Cullen...(for those of you that don't know who Edward is, Google him and you'll find out!)

Chores Galore!

Emily and I participated in Chores Galore where we helped local seniors by doing fall clean up. The kids had a great time and we exhausted (as were the parents) by the time we finished our two assigned yards. The girls did have a bit of fun jumping into a huge leaf pile we made in the first yard (which was HUGE).