Happy Halloween!

Our ward had a chili cook-off, carnival, and trunk-or-treat. It made for a large crowd and was lots of fun! We were afraid that it might be pretty cold, but the weather ended up perfect.

Emily got her fill of doughnuts from the
carnival and then was ready for trick-or-treating.

She had lots of fun, but Emily and her friend Nyah were so excited for the trunk-or-treat to start that we could barely get them to pose for this picture!

Chad had to run home between the carnival and the trunk-or-treat to retrieve Emily's prized "princess bucket". This is the second year in a row that we have forgotten her trick-or-treating bucket at home. Last year she ended up using my purse! Ha! There was no getting around it this year. She HAD to have her princess bucket to hold her candy. Dad saved the day...AGAIN! It's a good thing he's around! Ha!

She was so excited to go trick-or-treating!

Annie had a great time!

Emily and her friend, Jakob.

Tinkerbell and Buzz
Emily's friend, Jack was showing her his cool goggles.

(Does this look familiar to anyone else?
When Emily was dressing up as Tinkerbell at Nana's
this summer, her cousin, Patrick was dressing up as Buzz.)

Emily's "scary" faced pumpkin.

Her friendly ghost.

Chad put the pumpkins out on our trunk during
the trunk-or-treat. They turned out great!

Our cute family.
It was a fun night. Happy Halloween!

Annie, Our Little Princess

Annie was our little princess this year for Halloween. Originally Emily was going to be a princess too, but Tinkerbell won in the end. Annie looked so sweet in her little princess dress.

Over the last couple of weeks, Emily has been really into dressing up. Any time she put on her princess dress, she wanted Annie to dress up in hers too. Annie really seemed to enjoy taking part in the fun. They are so cute!

Emily always puts her hand under Annie's chin.
I know it looks like she's choking her,
but rest assured, she's not.

Sweet sisters!

Emily (a.k.a. Tinkerbell)

Emily has been talking about being Tinkerbell for Halloween since she was at Nana's house this summer. In Nana's Mickey Room there is a closet of Disney costumes. It it there to provide hours of dress-up fun for the grand kids. Emily put it to full use this summer. She woke up each morning saying, "I dress-up like Tinkerbell?"


Nana was kind enough to send the Tinkerbell costume to her on loan for Halloween. Emily was so excited the day it came in the mail. She has been bouncing off the walls ever since.

Halloween night Emily was so excited for our Ward's Trunk-or-Treat. The minute she put on her costume, she WAS Tinkerbell! She was "flying" around our yard nonstop and giggling in delight! I wanted to take some pictures before leaving for our party. She was only allowing "action shots". Chad was a good sport and chased her around to take her picture. He got some great ones!

Emily is such a crack-up these days. We love her!

Carving Pumpkins Part 2

Chad was determined to carve the other pumpkin we bought before Halloween was over. Emily decided she would like a friendly ghost on this one. They carved out the ghost before our ward festivities. Annie was their cheerleader and loved watching as they carved the pumpkin. They had a great time!

Decorating Halloween Cookies

Emily was chief cookie decorator this year.
I helped out with the icing, but she put on the candy.

I they turned out pretty cute.

Annie had fun too!

KABOO!

On Monday night Chad and Emily carved a pumpkin. Emily told Chad that she wanted a pumpkin with a "scary" face. They found a template for just the perfect one and went to work. I was unsuccessfully putting Annie to bed. When I came out, Emily was bouncing off the walls with excitement and told Annie and I that we had to come outside and light the pumpkin with them. When we came outside, Emily jumped up and shouted, "KABOO!". I'm not sure where the term ka-boo came from, but she loved saying it! She was very proud of her scary pumpkin!

KABOO!
Every time you see her hands up in the air,
she was saying, Kaboo!

"scary" faced pumpkin

Notice the Christmas PJ's. We are starting early this year.
She's been singing Jingle Bells at the top
of her lungs for a week now! Ha!

She was proud of her pumpkin!

Annie enjoyed all the excitement.
She eventually went to sleep.

Making Sugar Cookies

As is tradition, we made sugar cookies for Halloween this year. Emily was all hands on! She was determined to do it "all by myself". She is quite the little baker and does very well for being 2 years old. We had a great time together.

This year we tried putting on some
sprinkles before we baked the cookies.
She really liked sprinkling them on the cookies!

She also decided to make her own design in the cookies. She asked if she could make a few heart shaped cookies. Then she decided that some of the pumpkins should have a heart center. I thought it was a great idea. They turned out cute!
She's getting pretty creative!