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Halloween '13

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By Sarah
After 9 years and at Michelle's sweet request, Meigo now owns a Halloween costume.  I thought the skunk was too perfect to pass up.
Grandma Karyl came over and saved the day with the pumpkins at the last minute -- the day of Halloween.  Kaelah had to start removing the seeds first to show Danny and Michelle they could do it too.  Eventually I caved and handed M a spaghetti spoon to use.  lol.


Grandma also made a cake and let K, D, & M decorate it.  Turns out my kids are BIG sprinkles fans.  So big, in fact, that when Dan saw the cake, he refused to try a piece.  lol.
Michelle with her super scary haunted house pumpkins.  The house wasn't enough so we had to have snakes coming out the windows so it was scary enough for her.
Princess Merida by her Cinderella pumpkin.  It got the most compliments.
Captain America by his Angry Birds pumpkin.  His costume got the most compliments because I guess my son looks like Chris Evans.  I'm a-ok with that.  lol.

Princess Belle got the most gasps.  Something about a little baby in a big poofy dress.  It even made it cute when she cried in front of the baby pumpkin I made her.  But our neighbor, McKenzie, was able to cheer N up.  And if it wasn't for Kenzie, Michelle probably wouldn't have gone treat or treating at all.  She thought it was a bit chilly for her taste.

Back tracking a bit here.  Had to include this picture from the Disney Store Halloween Dress Rehearsal because it was such a hit on Facebook.  K had opted not to come b/c she didn't want to be around people she didn't know.  She stayed home with Grandma and played with her favorite neighbor play mate, Mia.

Speaking of neighbors, we got spoiled next door by a big Halloween party, complete with piñata.  I loved seeing all those dads set it up and make sure the kids were safe.  M got a lot of laughs because even though she was allowed 3 swings, she swung once and the body language was incredible.  Everyone there completely understood she was not going to swing that bat a second time.  lol.  Here's a couple pictures Jennifer took.  Next up, Thanksgiving!


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