Trick Or Treat, Smell My Feet

Halloween!  Why is Halloween on a Monday?!?!  Moving on ...

We had a really sweet day ... while we waiting allllll day to go Trick-or-Treating.  It started with Pumpkin French Toast.  And, later, while the kids were watching a Halloween-a-thon, I made some Pumpkin Ravioli for lunch.  

Oh! And Pumpkin Seeds 

I totally forgot we baked pumpkin seeds after we carved pumpkins the night before.  Of all the pumpkin themed food I made them, these were the biggest hit!

Barrett Chewy helped me get our candy basket ready to go for the night while his sisters slept.

After nap time, I put a few last minute touches on the girls before they put on their costumes.

Now We're Ready!

I have to admit, sitting the girls down at my grandmother's vanity .... well it just made me feel lots of things.  

And then it was time!  Princess Belle, Princess Rapunzel, and Gecko waited for days for this night!

First, a photo session to capture the sparkly faces, princess shoes, and Gecko in action.

Sisters

Love The Way The Girls are Looking at Him Here

Everyone is Ready!

While we were outside, our cousins showed up!  Perfect timing to take some cute cousin pictures.

Girl Cousins .... All Princesses!

I love these girls

Again - Nothing Special

I Just Love the Way These Littles Are Soaking It All In

The Boys!

I can't.  This just cracks me up.

All the Cousins

The look like they are ready to conquer the night. 

I love this picture

While we waited for it to get dark outside, we watched It's The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, and ate Mummy Pizzas.

And then it was time to hit the streets!

Our Sweet Neighbor Who Loves These Girls!

Our Next Door Neighbor Who Takes Good Care of Us! 

She takes good care of my too!  Ha!  Both of these ladies love our kids, and they are both so sweet to them!  We are so lucky to have such sweet friends on our street.

The Only Tantrum of the WHOLE Night

She was being so ridiculous,  of course I took a pictures.  She didn't want to keep Trick-or-Treating, she didn't want to go home, she didn't want to stand up, she didn't want to stay there, and the didn't want me to hold her.  And then she just snapped out of it, grabbed her candy basket, and took off.  Just as happy as could be.

CANDY BREAK!

Had to refuel for the rest of the night!

This is Halloween ... Week

We had so much fun prepping for Halloween this year!  Everyone is old enough to kind of understand the concepts of both dressing up AND Trick-or-Treating.

The ONE day in October it was semi-cool outside, we threw on our long sleeve Halloween clothes and went outside to take pictures.  Proof that it actually was a below 80 degrees ... that one day!

Next came Grapeyard.  A little event held in the area where the kids can get some more use out of their Halloween costumes.  They kids LOOOOOVED getting to wear their costumes before Halloween, and they had the BEST time!

Princess Belle and Princess Rapunzel

Sisters

Strike a Pose!

Gecko Doing a Self Portrait 

Jenga

Painting Pumpkins

Why is He So Tall????

Ready to Party

If That's Not a Princess Photo-Op, I Don't Know What Is

Live Action Angry Birds

Action Shot

Checking Out Our Pumpkins

The Singing Pumpkins

Oooooohhhh these pumpkins. All three kids gathered around these pumpkins and danced to Monster Mash and This is Halloween foreeeeeever!  It was good we were there early, before the crowds, because had all the room we wanted for dancing!

Leaving Was Hard ... Don't Think Rapunzel Realized We Were Leaving Yet!

The kids' preschool had lots of fun activities planned for Halloween Week also.

Barrett Was in Charge of Class Snacks

The girls still don't know how they feel about school .....

Coincidently we had to run a hockey related errand for Daddy, and these kiddos found hockey sticks just their size!

Working on Our Stances

We Are the Champions!

We started the day on Halloween Eve at Gamma and Poppy's house!  Gamma let us practice Trick-or-Treating before the big day.  And I think it helped! They kids did GREAT the next night!

Once we got back home we carved our pumpkins (all hands on duty for that little project ... so no pictures of the work in progress.  AKA Mommy and Daddy doing all the work and making the kids stay away from the mess!)  And then we had a dinner picnic in the dark while we watched Spookly the Pumpkin!

I Think It's Safe To Say ... The Kids Were READY for Halloween the Next Day!