Halloween 2011

This was our first year to carve pumpkins. Of course the kids loved it! We even roasted the seeds. The only problem was we did it too early so 2 out of the 3 pumpkins were too rotten to light on Halloween. So now we know.
On Halloween, everyone had a lot of fun getting fixed up to go out. Doing the makeup was a big highlight. For the costumes, I used a combination of stuff we had and a few new things like a pirate bandanna for Morgan and wigs for the girls. The idea for Baby V came pretty last minute as I realized she is the perfect age to dress as Raggedy Ann– just like my mom dressed me and my sisters.
We had planned to go to an event at the Petroleum Museum, but it was so swarmed when we got there that we turned back. Instead, we went with the Smiths to the Trunk or Treat at Grace Lutheran. Somehow our Halloween plans never work quite right, and we keep ending up there. It's actually a great place– plenty of candy but not too overwhelming. We had plenty of time leftover for the great candy binge of 2011 when we got home.


Matt's serial killer grip







How the pumkins looked when we lit them the first night.

Getting fixed up

At first she was afraid of it, but she let me put it on.

So adorable!

Bbay V was ridiculously cute; it just wasn't right!

We couldn't get them to tear their eyes away from the candy....the look on Emma's face says it all.

Meeting up with buddies!

Baby V and big Raggedy Ann

The line-up...we've seen this before at a few birthday parties.

The binge