Trick or Treat

the sleepy chicken stuck it out for one more night in the suit

not too surprising the girls were very well received by the houses


proof of abigail's thing with all her jack o lantern crafts she's made them frown.....not sure why?



the frowning jack o lantern of 2010

this picture scares me to death, she looks WAY too grown up in it!!


posing w/ the finished product, can't take credit for the kitty cat, that was made by her grammie



the kids took time to pose while daddy slaved away

he did remarkably well considering he had a curious strumpet under his arm



ok guys...mommy will get dirty and scoop out the muck with her hand

Abigail absolutely agreed that the insides were really gross


Chloe trying so desperately to help daddy


Ok, so the grand finally day to the whole fun week was really good. I wish I had gotten pictures of them in their matching dresses at church to start the day off, but mommy wasn't that on the ball. After naps Daddy introduced the kids to a little thing called pumpkin carving. He got a little wigged out at the insides so mommy had to take over. Come on folks, it's not blood, just vegetation!! It was fun. Abigail insisted on the frown to go with all her other pumpkin faces this week. Chloe just could not get involved enough to please her little baby self. Both kids helped me kill time by posing on the pretty fall day.
Tonight we hit Aunti Deana's house....but just with out Deana. She had to work...boo hiss. It was fun though. She lives in the most picturesque old neighborhood and it's just loaded w/ decorations and families to make it special. Abigail got lots more candy, and the chicken...well lets just say mommy ducked out early to get her to her much anticipated bed time. :) Happy Halloween everyone!!

One Spooky Week....

the place was packed with trick or trunkers


modeling her bag hat and necklace made at the craft table

my pitiful little chicken








this is Mr. Brian, Abigail's preschool director, obviously we are fans! :)


the strumpet was fading pretty quickly into the party. Not surprising after the week she's had

I love these shots that are more true to life....! scoop that baby!





such a cute game, Brian got into the action but wouldn't let me post his pics






Grammie came over to show us how cute she looked all done up for her office day of fun


our wonderful teacher let the kids run off the sugar for a minute before she dismissed the students

Chloe's always a hit with the older girls

my little febrile party pooper



Such fun festive week around here. We've hit some good events and made some good memories. First Abigail's Ballet class let the kids come in costume. Most kids forgot but luckily we remembered and she was so excited to finally be allowed to wear the costume. Second, her school did a fall party and we had a ball laughing at all the 4 yr olds all done up for the party. Chloe was my big helper except for the fact that she had a left over fever and had been up most of the night. Her well visit shots this week have rocked our world. High fevers have killed the fun for our little strumpet but she's hanging in there. It made for a little more pooped out mommy but we managed to pull off pumkin cookie pops and spooky ghosts on a stick. The kids had a ball and it was just adorable to see them all.
The school put on a wonderful fall festival for the community and we were so glad we decided to go. They pulled out all the stops with little old fashioned games and activities. We played hard between bouncy castles and pumpkin bowling. It was a ball, again Chloe did not quite feel like herself but she looked adorable anyway. Abigail was in candy corn witch heaven with all her classmates to pal around with. We ate hot dogs and hamburgers, popcorn and lemonade. Abigail got herself a bag full of candy out of the trunks all decorated up for the occasion. Some were scary but Brian did his fatherly duty to protect the little dear from the big bad spiders and dry ice. Awesome time!!