Happy Halloween!

Hellllooo picture overload!

Halloween was a big deal this year since Avery was old enough to know what was going on this time around. We started the festivities on Friday afternoon at Avery's school...

Daddy & Cinderella (notice the gloves... according to Avery, they were a MUST to complete her costume. I got a daily reminder to buy some!):


Avery & her best friend, Campbell:


Lining up for the parade!

Pretty girl:

Somebody got shy in front of the crowd...


Cupcakes made it all better (notice the gloves were not as cool as she originally thought...)!!


Making a bag with mommy:


All done (look who spelled her name all by herself!!):


Sunday, we headed to our neighborhood Halloween party. Avery was very excited to dress up as Cinderella (again!), and Anna was planning to be her former stagecoach turned pumpkin. We had to move to plan B for Anna's costume since it was too hot to wear a fleece pumpkin (thank you, Cara!)!

Anna checking out the grass:


... and discovering that she's not a fan!


Anna & Mommy:

Avery & the inflatable pumpkin:

Dwight Schrute & Bret Michaels:


Notice how the bottle changes when Mommy's not around:


Lovely...

Avery & Finley... do they look 3 or 13?


After the party, we headed out to trick-or-treat with Deda & Joanne:

Here she is at door #1:

Avery's favorite part of the night by FAR was handing out candy. She would sprint to the door when the doorbell would ring so that she could hand out the candy ALL BY HERSELF. Cinderella decided that we needed to just leave the door open so that we didn't miss any trick-or-treaters... until I convinced her that bugs would get in the house and crawl in her bed, which caused her to close the door immediately. :)

Deda pretended to trick-or treat and surprised Avery at the front door:

Deda is HILARIOUS...

Halloween has easily become one of our favorite holidays now that Avery is old enough to really enjoy it, and we have another baby girl to dress up! I didn't think I was ever going to get my princess to bed last night, but thankfully the sugar finally wore off!