Halloween

Despite all the rain we had the week of Halloween, the day itself wasn't too bad. It did rain a little in the morning, but we were able to go trick or treating out in the neighborhood with no problems!

Nora's Halloween costumes through the years!

Janie's Halloween costumes through the years!

Like we did last year, we went to our friends house for a Halloween get together in a neighborhood that is really great for young kids to bee-bop around in. We had chili & hung out until it started to get dark & was time to put on those costumes one last time for a stroll around the neighborhood!

The girls were very excited to get their costumes on (again) and were ready to go out and get some candy!! This year, the girls were Rainbow Brite & her sprite Twink. I think I may not have too much longer to control the costume decisions, but obviously this year I did! I loved Rainbow Brite growing up & I thought this was a cute way to coordinate the girls without one of them (Janie) having to be say... the lion to Nora's Dorothy. Or the wolf to Nora's Little Red Riding Hood. You get the idea. I thought it was a pretty good trade-off. They both get to be colorful & cute!!

Halloween buckets on heads.

It's so hard to get a picture when we're so excited!!!!

Twink & Rainbow Brite

A family photo!

All the neighborhood kids... and us.

We went around the neighborhood & Nora LOVED walking house to house and ringing the door bell. Poor Janie couldn't keep up with all the bigger kids. She tried really hard but got frustrated, sometimes just sitting down right in the middle of the sidewalk. After we would leave a house she would yell, "Where's my sister??" and then when she saw her, far and away up the sidewalk, she would then yell, "She's runnin-in-in-in away!!!" She ended up going to bed before the trick or treating came to an official end. After awhile, Nora didn't want to hold her bucket (it was getting pretty full) and so it was time to make it back to the house.

We hung outside and played until Nora got so sleepy that she asked to go home and go to bed. So we packed up our candy and our costumes, grabbed Janie, loaded up the car, and within one minute - I kid you not - she was out. It's all of a three minute drive to our house.

Janie Twink loved the tree swing in the front yard!

It was a great Halloween night and the girls have been talking about things that are "spooky" ever since! They are a happy pair, those two!

THE AFTERMATH:

The great thing about Halloween is that the next day was Daylight Savings Time, which means that it was a mess for the girls because well, toddlers don't do this "Daylight Savings Time". Needless to say, the next day we ended up having some down time on blankets on the floor and probably a few melt downs. We also finally got to going through our candy a few days later. The girls each picked a few pieces of candy to keep (Janie went for the lollipops by the handful like the crazed toddler she is) while Nora carefully selected each and every piece proving that she is in fact a clone of her mother...), but we left the rest for the Switch Witch and got some cool Peppa Pig books! WOO HOO! The girls couldn't be happier. And in case you're wondering what kind of a terrible mom I am for taking away their Halloween candy, they didn't really ask for any of it after a day or two! I guess they haven't figured out the greatness that is chocolate...