Happy Halloween!

While I'm not a fan of the ghosts, goblins and witches that you see around on Halloween, I do love an excuse to party and let the girls dress up. This year was an especially fun Halloween because not only did we have all the regular school parties and such, we also made our own hayride for trick or treating around the neighborhood! Marmie and Granda were even here to join in on the fun with us!

Happy Halloween! and More!

We had a great Halloween! On Friday, after the girls got home from school, we went to the Homecoming Parade up the street.
Maryella loved waving to all the "princesses" and stood up every time they came by so they could see her pretty costume.
When we got home, Annlee got to open gifts from Marmie, Granda, Max and Trista, and Linny and Chris. She loved everything!
Then we decorated our pumpkins with these Mr. Potato Head type of pieces that you can stick in them. So much easier than carving!!! Elianna even helped pick out the pieces she wanted!
Showing off their pumpkins!
On Saturday, we celebrated Annlee's birthday with her friends. She wanted a Halloween themed dress up party and we had lots of fun!
The kids got to guess what was under the cloth by sticking their hands into some rather gross stuff! Spaghetti with eyeballs and Rat Jello Jigglers. I completely forgot to take pictures of what they looked like, but it wasn't too appetizing!
They each got to decorate their own pumpkin and then they showed them all off!
We played pass the pumpkin.
Annlee opened her gifts and got some really fun stuff!
She blew out the candles on her pumpkin cake.
After her party was over, we ate dinner and then started getting ready to go out trick or treating. The girls looked so cute all dressed up in their costumes!
Kaylin was Hannah Montana - we've gotten lots of miles out of this costume this year!
Annlee was a ballerina. I tried to talk her into wearing one of the beautiful recital costumes we've collected over the years, but she wanted to go with her practice leotard. Oh well.
Maryella decided to be Snow White and even wore a wig for a couple pictures! She was so cute! Elianna was a bumble bee! I wish I had taken a picture of the back where she had a little stinger! They all loved trick or treating and getting lots of candy!
Marmie and Granda were in town and got to go with us! That was special!
Elianna got tired pretty quickly - the time change has her all off her schedule. So Jeff took her home early for bed. Gives a whole new meaning to the song "Bringing Home a Baby Bumblebee!" Once we got back to the house, we looked through the candy and made sure everything looked ok. There were a couple Snickers bars that I had to sample just to make sure they were good! One of the church members down the street had made pumpkin cookies for the girls and they all enjoyed eating those.
I think one of the highlights of the evening for them was watching for more trick or treaters to come to our house.
They really enjoyed handing out candy to them! It was a good way to get rid of some of those suckers and bubble gum that I can't stand having around our house!
We had a wonderful evening and were completely exhausted the next day. It was worth it though! And just for laughs, here's one more picture from the evening... Trick - or - treat, smell my feet!

Halloween Costume Parade

Kaylin and Annlee had their annual costume parade this morning at school. They love wearing their costumes and seeing everyone elses. They both looked very pretty!

Before school - Maryella had to get in on the picture too!

Annlee in the parade

Kaylin in the parade

Kaylin and her friend, Kyria

Halloween, Part 3 - Trick or Treat!

The girls were all 3 so excited to go trick or treating tonight! They looked very cute and were willing to pose to pictures too! Enjoy!