The day before Halloween was filled with:

 

cupcakes for Audrey's class party

 

jack-o-lantern carving:

 



 

halloween drawings: (love the witch, and pumpkin and spiders!)

 



 

evening walks

 



 

then Halloween came. Miss Ariel was beautiful. You should have seen the primping.

 



 

The plan was for David to be this darling pumpkin. But there was a freak-out which included lots and lots of screaming and crying about the fluffy costume being too close to his face. I persuaded him to let us get one picture, then we abandoned the poor pumpkin. Luckily there was a fireman's hat and a red jacket nearby.

 



 

When I sit my kids down for a posed picture here's what I get from Audrey:

angel.

 and here's what I get from Davy: not so angelic

 but we finally ended up with this one and I'm okay with it.

 

 

then trick-or-treating happened.

(call me a scrooge but I'm not a fan of the trunk-or-treat so we didn't go this year)

 

and the results:

 



 

 

the end.

over a month since I posted??

has it really been so long? get ready for some catch up cause we've been busy:

 

snuggling on the couch after church

 buying bread and taking walks

 wearing a fireman hat (backwards) all over town

 going to an old friend's wedding

 visiting temples and parks

 busting out the Halloween box

 spending time in hotels

 walking the Halloween isles at the grocery store

 watching shrinky dinks..err...shrink in the oven and eating pumpkin cookies in the park

 taking pictures of ourselves in mirrors (don't judge)

 riding broncos and watching cartoons

 taking naps and getting attacked by toy lions that say "shaaaa!!" before they bite

 

there. whew. a month of blogging in one post.

 

I'll do better from now on, I promise.

Halloween wrap-up

This beautiful princess walked out of her room yesterday morning at 7 am with Belle dress and shoes in hand, ready to get her costume on and go trick-or-treating. She was pretty disappointed when we had to explain that Halloween happened at night. When it was finally time to get dressed she was so excited.

Then it was time for pictures, right around David's nap time

so when I tried to take his bottle away for pictures he wasn't happy-

aw- what a sad monkey!

the bottle was returned.

and finally a smile!

annoyed that I made them stop for a picture:

the loot

Hope your Halloween was as fun as ours!

Happy Halloween!

Madam Butterfly

After weeks of counting down Halloween finally came and Audrey was able to spend it with her grandparents and cousins on both sides, trick-or-treating and trunk-or-treating. We came home late last night with a car full of treats, more candy than we need, and one tired little butterfly.

oh my goodness, she had so much fun.

Thanks so much to both our families for hosting us.

Happy Halloween!