Halloween!

The girls had so much fun for halloween this year.

I was able to visit all three girls' parties at their school.

Kylie's had a parade at hers, the junior high marching band led the way.  I'll post that video tomorrow!

Kylie decided that she want to be a bumble bee this year, which was a surprise because all year she wanted to be an indian girl and at the last minute changed her mind which is SO unlike her.

Lacey and Katie's daycare did a parade too.  Its was cute, as soon as the little ones came around the corner and saw their parents....parade was over!  

Katie was carried in the parade by 'thing 2' 

Evidence of kids breaking away from the parade...namely Lacey!  Although it looks like she was the only one in this picture, you will notice all the other parents standing around too, that's because their kid already came and go them. 

Lacey loved being a princess this year...she told everyone she could how pretty she was.  I thought she looked pretty cute too! 

My little Katiebug Ladybug!  She is the second one of my daughters to be a lady bug, Kylie was first and hated her costume.  So much so that the next year for halloween I didn't even get her a costume.  Katie didn't mind hers at all!

A rare photo of Lacey and Katie together.  I love that they are both looking at me...doesn't happen very often! 

Lacey being...well...Lacey :-) 

Katie loved the party too, she had so much fun playing in Lacey's classroom.  She's looking very mischevious in this picture!

Pumpkin Carving!

Our pumpkin carving experience went a little something like this: Kylie started off taking the stuff out of the pumpkins, then decided that it was too yucky,

she decided that coloring the outside was much better.
Lacey thought about taking the stuff out and decided that it was yucky also
so she opted to stick stickers on her perfect pumpkin

and color Mommy's little pumpkin.

After all was said and done Mommy was left to carve and empty out 2 pumpkins. And to be quite honest I really do not enjoy carving pumpkins. So next year it will be back to painting and decorating just the outside...no carving.

Halloween Parties!

Today I had the pleasure of attending not one, but two Halloween party's! First up, Lacey's party. They played games, decorated their candy buckets, stamped and colored pictures. Then it was time for the grand finale of the party...trick or treating! Lacey had lots of fun getting the candy. She was, however, NOT happy about the fact that she was only allowed one piece of candy! This really upset her. She finally got over her frustration of only being allowed one piece and then it was time for me to go back to work. This did NOT go over well at all. The good news is she took a great nap and was in a great mood when I picked her up!

Her and another little girl in her class were both Minnie Mouse. There were 2 Minnies, a Mickey, a Firefighter, and a Frog. They were all super cute in their costumes.

Then it was time for Kylie's party. They also had a parade of costumes, they had an afternoon snack that included: fruit, vegetables, cheese & crackers, and cookies; made finger puppets; played musical chairs; and freeze dance. They had a ton of fun. My personal favorite part was watching them play freeze dance, something about watching little kids dance just makes me smile. They are so carefree!

There are only four girls in her class, there were 2 witches, a spiderwick princess, and a ballerina. I remember there being two warewoves, Obi-Wan Kenobi, a vampire, two skeletons, thomas the train, and Darth Vader. Lots of interesting costumes!

Great times were had by all...including Mommy :)

Minnie Mouse!

Lacey, aka Minnie Mouse :-)

Kylie, The Good Witch

Kylie, the Good Witch

The Good Witch and Minnie Mouse

I took the girls to our church's annual Trunk or Treat today. It's so great to be able to let them get dressed up in their halloween costumes and go trick or treating in a safe enviornment. Honestly I'm not sure Kylie knows that some people go do to door trick or treating as she has never done it that way...and I'd like to keep it that way as long as I can. There are a couple of other Trunk or Treat's this weekend that we will go to also. The girls have so much fun, and of course they look so darn cute in their costumes!

I have some pictures of them individually that I will post later, you know equal opportunity :)