halloween 2011

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween! Halloween just keeps getting better and better as these babies get bigger. We painted and carved pumpkins. Jim and I did one for each of the girls... can you get which girl picked which pumpkin?


Mickey and Ariel



The girls school had a trick or treat party at the end of the day. Here's Caroline with her good friend Blake... or Blakey as we like to call him.

Caroline and Blake

A few weeks ago, I asked Caroline what she was going to be for Halloween and she very adamantly said, "a Witch!" So I witch it was.



Caroline the Witch

Maddie wasn't quite as set on her costume choice as Caroline was. For awhile she said she wanted to be a princess... than specifically Ariel (Little Mermaid) than a fairy princess. I very gently tried to explain that we have princess dresses she can play with and she just had a princess birthday where she dressed as Cinderella. Maybe she should be something new and we could go out and buy a new costume for! She saw the Jessie costume in a circular and she was hooked! I kept waiting for her change her mind but she didnt! We bought the Jessie costume and boots, and Daddy picked up a special sparkly Jessie hat while at the Disney outlet in Myrtle Beach. That was an added bonus for sure.

And here is little Emma dressed as a bee. Isnt she the cutest thing? I just love her sweet face. I had to take some pictures of her in her bee costume.



Emma and Caroline

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We left school and unfortunately... it was RAINING! It wasnt just raining, it was cold and rainy. No fun at all! We ate dinner and then bundled up to go out in the elements to trick or treat. I tried to take some pictures but man- getting the two of them looking in the same direction and smiling was TOUGH! This is the best I could get.

Here was our setup. Kind of miserable. We were cold!

Caroline made it to 3 houses and Maddie about 7 or 8. We were home in our warm house by the fireplace by 6:45pm! The girls got more than enough candy and I think they had some fun. Maddie really enjoyed passing the candy out to kids who came to the door.

All in all another Halloween success! Maddie already told me that next year she was going to be a rainbow princess. Not sure what that means... but we'll see in 11 months!