HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Yes I know it has been forever, but rather than focus on the past and give excuses I'm just going to move on...and I am not promising to do better ;)

Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays mainly because you get to celebrate it the whole month. We had a lot of fun going to Corn Belly's, Boo at the Zoo (along with a million other people), painting and carving pumpkins and of course getting all dressed up. This year Andrew wanted to be Bob the Builder. I think this was a result of last years' festivities. We visited his cousin Matthew in TX last year and he was Bob. Drew thought the tools and everything were great and would have liked to wear that costume. Since I didn't pack his costume he didn't get to be a dinosaur but was a dog instead...cute and he got treats, but he would have rather been Bob...and surprizingy he remembered and wanted to be Bob the Builder this year. I was happy to oblige, especially since he was satisfied with tools and a hard hat! I did work a little harder on his costume for the Stevens' family party. Our family dressed up as character from Peter Pan. Ella was Tinkerbell, I was a last minute Wendy, Jeff was captain hook (without the beard and hook...we borrowed the costume and they forgot that part), and Drew was the crocodile. I put some thought into that one and made the head and tail. We found a turtle costume that you could remove the shell so we used that for the body. Looks like next year he'll be a turtle ;)

Ella showed her true colors this Halloween especially when it came to trick-or-treating. She is little miss independent and is telling us more and more what she wants...and she usually gets it. She wanted nothing to do with picture taking and would use her new favorite word everytime she saw me with the camera: NnO! She was all about the treats though. It was cute to see her carrying her treat bag in one hand and a piece of candy in the other. She was actually a little aggressive when it came down to it...pushing her way to the door to make sure she got some candy and then she would get all excited about a treat. Looks like she is more like me than I thought! After a fun night of trick-or-treating I just need to figure out how to get rid of all this candy before I eat it all!

Best thing about Halloween this year: THE WEATHER! I wish it could stay like this forever.