I have always loved Halloween. No, I am not one of those people who go all out and put spooky bats all over my house or skeletons and scary goblins in my yard...those are my neighbors! Ha! I guess I loved it as a kid because I enjoyed dressing up and getting free candy. Isn't that every kids dream? To knock on a door, mutter a little phrase, and get a handful of candy? Awesome. Anyway, now that I have children, and to see how excited they get when the holidays roll around because they know what traditions we as a family enjoy together, well, that's enough to make me excited too.So this year, Chloe was Mulan (the Chinese warrior in the Disney film,) and she was so excited to wear make up with her costume. She looked great. Macie, being three, changed twice. (She changes twice on a daily basis, just because she is already a little fashionista,) In the afternoon, we went trick-or-treating in downtown Auburn, and she was a bumblebee. In the evening we went to a carnival at their school, and she was Snow White. Adorable! Dawson was a little spider. Poor guy. He had this look on his face like, "get me out of this thing!" Nonetheless, my kids were so cute!
A Halloween tradition that I started when Chloe was little was to paint a character on our pumpkins, instead of carving them. So I let the girls pick which characters we should put on our pumpkins, and they chose the cast of Beauty and the Beast. So after our treck to the pumpkin patch, I took on the task of drawing and painting on our precious gourds. The kids love it...but I think I will recruit them next year to paint them themselves. It's a lot of work! (I do enjoy the outcome though!)
Damian and I went to a costume party at our good friends, Ryan and Corie Clark's house. Being so close to the election, we chose to dress up like Sarah Palin and John McCain. It was fun going through my mother-in-laws suits to find the most "Sarah-esque" outfit. I think I pulled it off pretty well! Damian on the other hand...let's just say that I was happy to see his hair back to normal!
