Happy Halloween!

The girls had such a fun Halloween! Mimi and Boppa joined us for our two rounds of trick-or-treating. Despite the rainy weather, we were able to go out in our neighborhood and then meet up with the friends we've been trick-or-treating with since Ellie's first Halloween. Ellie had a great time, although she was scared of some of the decorations and of the kids wearing masks. Audrey had no idea what was going on, but she quickly learned how to go up to the house with her pumpkin and then say "bye bye" when she was done. She clutched her pumpkin all night and wouldn't let anyone hold it, no matter how heavy it must have been.

Halloween outfit #5

The girls in their Halloween costumes - Dr. Ellie and Little Chicken Audrey

The gang ready to go get some candy!

Trick-or-treating

Feeding Ellie her first pixie-stick :-)

"I do not care that I cannot eat this candy. You can't have it!"

Pre-Halloween Festivities

We have been in the Halloween spirit all week! The girls have each worn a special Halloween shirt to school each day this week and Ellie has even had a different Halloween tattoo every day. Today was their parade and party at school, which they loved. We can't wait until tomorrow!

Halloween outfit #1

Halloween outfit #2

Halloween #3

Halloween outfit #4

Pictures at home before the the school parade

School parade



Trick-or-treating and pumpkin picking on the playground

School party in the afternoon

Halloween preparations

We are ready for Halloween around here! This weekend we carved our pumpkin, went to a fall festival at a local farm, and even had fun at a Halloween party without kids! The girls have their costumes ready for next weekend and their five Halloween outfits laid out for the week!

Ellie scooping out the pumpkin "guts". We baked the seeds and they were yummy!

Our finished product, designed by Ellie with help from Boppa

Cleopatra and her cat heading out to a Halloween party :-)

Ellie on the hayride at the farm

Audrey looking cool on the hayride

Mommy and her girls

Ellie getting her face painted (a pumpkin on one side and a ghost on the other)

Ellie loves riding horses!

The two cutest girls we know!

Halloween 2008

We had an amazing day yesterday! We had lots of fun activities to celebrate Halloween and to top it off, the weather was perfect. We started out the day with the costume parade at school, which both girls participated in. After nap time, I took them to Lori's office to treat-or-treat there. Then we went to our friends' house for our big trick-or-treating followed by a pizza party at their house. We were all exhausted by the time we got home, but it was worth it. I think that this was one of the best day's Ellie has ever had!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Our little ballerina

Showing off her bun, which is how real ballerinas wear their hair, in case you didn't know!

The cutest turtle ever!

The costume parade at school

Ellie and the famous Miss S! Ellie isn't quite looking at the camera because she was terrified of the "scary" puppy costume one of the dads was wearing!

BFF

Trick-or-treating around the playground

Ellie picked a big pumpkin from the playground pumpkin patch!

All the kids!

Some of the gang before going out last night

Vallet stroller parking! Three babies were celebrating their first Halloween yesterday.

Our friend's husband was laughing before we went out because there were three babies nursing in his house at the same time and none of them were his :-)

Audrey enjoyed the stroll around the neighborhood being pushed by our friend's parents.

Ellie was a pro at trick-or-treating this year! She ran from house to house and was SO excited about her loot! When we got home we exchanged the items with eggs or nuts for other treats we had bought ahead of time. Our good girl didn't mind it one bit because she still got lots of special treats.

Hungry and tired!

It was a wonderful day and we're all excited about next year already when little Audrey will be trick-or-treating, too! Happy Halloween!