Halloween 2010

So this is pretty much Natalie's first year to truly see what Halloween is like. It's the first time she's Trick-or-Treated in the neighborhood, been able to really eat candy, and even pass some out to ToT-ers that rang our bell. By the way, after a while, when our doorbell rang, Natalie would bellow from her little perch on the floor surrounded by candy, "Daddy!!! Some more people is wanting candy!" :)

Mollie actually seemed to enjoy having her costume on, surprisingly. After the first couple times walking up to people's doors, though, she decided she didn't want anything to do with that, so she waited with one of us in the wagon at the curb. :) I'm sure she'll be right in there with big sis next year!

Here are our lovely little bugs . . . ;)



























Oh, and HERE is last year's post . . . and the year before is HERE.

Halloween Festivities Part III: Our Monkey & Her Banana

Finally got some photos of the girls together in their costumes!! YAY! Aren't they adorable?! Natalie loved hers, but I'm not sure Mollie was too thrilled. Maybe next year! :)

And here's one of my lighting testers before everyone got dressed . . . :)

How lucky can a girl get?

Vintage Nat

Well, here they are. Back by popular demand: the baby carrot pictures. I loooooove these pictures of Natalie, and I thought about posting them, and have been encouraged to do so. So, here are Natalie's Halloween costumes, year by year . . .

2009 @ 25.5 months

2008 @ 13.5 months

2007 @ 6 weeks

And one more carrot for good measure. ;)

Eeeek! OK I know I'm her mom, but seriously. How cute is she?!

Halloween Festivities Part II

Here are some pictures from Trick-or-Treating at Haunt the Zoo Wednesday night. We went with our LifeGroup. The kiddos were really good and seemed to have lots of fun. It was totally insanely crowded though!

Brooke, Natalie, Aiden, & Haylie

Brooke & Natalie

Brooke & Nat, holding hands (possibly Nat's fave part)Natalie & Aunt Kim

Eating "CANDY!!" (it was really an oatmeal cream pie) ;)

Halloween Festivities - Part 1

My women's Bible Study Group (Yirah) had a Halloween party for the kiddos on Friday. Natalie hasn't seen any of the girls or their kids in quite a while, and Katie wasn't able to come because Brooke was sick :( so Natalie took a while to warm up to everyone. It didn't help that some of the older boys had kind of scary masks, but they took them off to show her their true identities ;) and that helped a bit. Mainly, time helped, though, and when it was time to go, she was bargaining with me ("wanna ride horsey, mama!" - a wooden rocking horse Kelly has) and on the verge of throwing a pretty good fit when I finally picked her up to go. Thankfully, she cheered right up once we were out the door and we had a pleasant ride home. :)

During the party, I was kind of tied up feeding Mollie in the beginning, and Natalie decided that Jenny would be her surrogate mom. I owe big thanks to Jenny for helping Natalie to have such a great time! The kids made candy necklaces, skeleton stickers, had lunch, and then made spiders out of ritz crackers and marshmallows - too cute! Natalie is a bit young for most of that, and I kept catching her just eating the ingredients to the crafts. ;) At least they were completely edible!! :)

Look how big Miss Kate Jane is getting! I took photos of Kristin's little Kater when she was a newborn back in January! She kept making funny faces at me for this pic!

Here's the best photo I could get with all the kids in it (minus Mollie, who was sleeping in the Moby wrap - LOVE that thing!). It was kind of chaotic!

Stay tuned for more Halloween pics soon! We are taking the kids in our married LifeGroup trick-or-treating at the Zoo Wednesday night - hopefully I'll get some pics of Mollie in her costume too! ;)

Our Little Ladybug

Here are some pictures of Natalie in her Halloween costume!