Halloween

Halloween was so fun this year. The girls got more into it and enjoyed all the Halloween stuff. We actually didn't make it to the pumpkin patch but they still had lots of fun. We carved pumpkins at the beginning of the month with Grandma, Grandpa, and Hannah so we didn't do it again.

Eric took out all his Halloween stuff a week before and the girls like playing with some of it. Livy was more scared than Rachel of stuff especially anything with a noise. Rachel had a special fondness for this remote controlled rat. Creepy looking but she carried it around with her all week like a baby. She called it a "rap" but we got the right name down after a week.

Happy with her rat.

This was more Livy's speed. She like some of the decorations but it took her a while to warm up to them.

Enjoying the beautiful weather outdoors for a picnic lunch. They were riding on the bench of the picnic table like a horse.

Livy put her hat on herself. They were both so happy and had so much fun. I wish Halloween was longer because they absolutely loved it.

Showing you her Thomas costume. Everyone was calling her Thomas all night instead of Livy. After her bath I called her Thomas again and she said "I not Thomas anymore, I Livy."

Happy little Ariel. As you can see we didn't really try the costume on earlier and it was like 5 inches too long. I kept trying to pin it up and every time she would say "That's so you can't see my garments." I was rolling. The Sunday before I pinned the front of my dress together so it wouldn't open up and that is what I told her. Now she associates safety pins and not seeing your garments!

Favorite candy this year: Livy liked Snickers and Rachel like Almond Joy. I have never known a kid who liked that best. An adult once in a while but I don't think I've seen a kid eat them!

Opposites for sure. Livy chose her costume and was set on what she wanted to be. Rachel didn't care to much but was very happy to be Ariel when the time came. Maybe she didn't get what it was for so she didn't care as much when she was picking. Next year she'll know now. Luckily they both loved their costumes and kept them on the whole time.

Cute girls, chubby mom. I did not want my fat face up on the front of the blog but it is the only picture they are both looking and smiling. Sacrifices.

Group shot. They all looked so cute! Sorry no better picture! Before we went out trick or treating we had pizza at our house. We tried our neighborhood but it was a bust so we all left and went other places. It was so fun to see all the kids dresses up together.

Trick or treating in action!

Livy's joy! She absolutely loved it. She was so happy, loved running to the door with all the kids and made sure to hold mine or Eric's hand between houses. We only had to skip one house because it was too scary. They were both so good and loved it. I wish we could have gone more.

At the end daddy held Rachel for a while so we could keep up with the rest of the group. Her outfit was a little hard to walk in. But she loved it so much. She took turns holding my hand and Kevin's hand for a while. She wanted to show Greg all her candy too. She had so much fun and they really wanted to do more. The next day they asked if we could go trick or treating again. I tried to explain only on Halloween and it's a whole year away but luckily they forgot about it a while later, though still wore their costumes again around the house for a bit. I'm already excited for next year for them to get to do all the fun stuff again!