Ok, so I caved. For the first time I allowed my children to not be an ensemble cast for Halloween. Do I regret it? Yes. Did I really have a choice? No. We were planning on having our entire family dress as the cast from The Wizard of Oz but the costumes available were either slutty or subpar. I decided that in order to do the movie justice I would need to make at least a few of the costumes, unfortunately time was not on our side this year and there was no way to make it happen. My Grandpa Lee passed away on October. 14th and we flew out to Utah for the funeral that was held on October 19th. We stayed for 10 days and returned home just in time for Halloween but with no time to create our own costumes. I will have to post about our time in Utah and my AMAZING Grandpa in another post---he deserves his own tribute, but for now here is a little of what Halloween looked like in our house.
Ruby apparently thinks that she is part of this class...and that she is old enough for school. She spent the whole time dancing around in front of each class following the singing teacher as she led the children in song. I know she stole the show and blocked a lot of parents who were trying to take pictures of their children who legitimately belong at the school.
Tate wants nothing to do with these Halloween shenanigans but I am doing a great job of making a fool of myself trying to get him into the spirit of things.
Someday my prince will come, Argh!
Lexie had her 2 month appointment right after the preschool parade so we thought we'd better take a picture of her. Time is passing too quickly and we are not taking enough pictures!
Baby Lexie does not love cameras.
School pick-up after the festivities. Wow!! Dad's never here, hooray!!
Tate is really into being shy and hiding behind things, trees, walls, cars, whatever is nearby and larger than he is.
I see this face way too often.
faux hawk
see what I mean about the hiding and peeking out?
someone needs to visit a dentist...or find Bella and Edward
watch out Volturi
Pumpkin math with Dad
Abbie pouting as I try and get a photo of my girls with their Halloween hairbows in the Costco parking lot
she reluctantly came
and was happy once she was allowed to hold Lex
yummy chocolate muffin, thank you Costco
something is strange about this picture, do you see it?
Abbie and Ava-Kate from down the street
Lexie crying that she doesn't want to wear a princess costume meant for a small dog
Grandpa Allen helping Lexie to feel happier
This was Tate the entire night, he insisted on pulling the wagon the whole time
Cinderella hiding from the paparazzi
Like a palace guard, nothing will make him crack
Top it Mom!!!! Ruby often puts her hand out for me to "top it"!!
The pumpkin that Bracken and Justin carved at school
too many treats and time to go home
