Have a hair raising Halloween...

...From the Tattoo Tribe!!

It was a nice windy fall day, but not too cold. We met some friends at Engeldinger Marsh outside of Des Moines. We had never been to a marsh. It was neat to find out what type of little creatures live in marshes and to experience a marsh first hand. Holden asked to go back again so it was a hit! We went to the marsh ready to come home and get ready to trick or treat tonight. Cliff is working out of town so he missed all the fun. We miss him too! But we'll be seeing him soon. We handed out all our candy and went around to a dozen or so houses. We had to come home to warm up for a bit though. The wind turned very chilly and it was really howling. It didn't stop all the kids and parents from going door to door though. We had a wonderful day!

By the way, no one laughed at our tattoos either and we enjoyed being the Tattoo Tribe for Halloween. It was a fun and easy costume. I like to keep it simple. It seemed Holden's favorite thing to say the past few days was: Let's put on another tattoo. He even gave me one of his to put on the other day because he thought I was sad about not having any. That was before we found the girly glitter tattoos for me. It was a Halloween to remember! And we still have tomorrow. We may just stay home and veg after the busy day today...

Some of the things kids found at the marsh: dragon fly nyph, crawfish, and snails. Other animals that live in marshes/wetlands that we heard about before the tour of the marsh: muskrats, otters, badgers, green herring (bird), snakes, lots of insects, frogs, toads and much more.