Happy Halloween 2011

Our family lineup: Kassandra as Little Red Riding Hood (costume made by Mommy), Mommy as a Saloon Girl and Daddy as a transformed Werewolf.  Then you add in Aunt Tracy as a tired mother, Connor as a Ninja, Allie as a witch (don't really have pics of them as they were ahead of us), Aunt Pat and Mom staying behind to pass out candy, Angie as a witch, Gracyn as a monster, Bonnie as Alice in wonderland and Jarrett as the Cheshire cat and you have a wild, crazy and FUN night. 
Kassandra wasn't sure about trick or treating when we first started - why are we going up to these strange doors?  Then once she discovered that they were commenting on how cute she was and giving her candy she realized..... this is FUN!  She loved going door to door.  She also wasn't scared of anything or anyone.  She found it all very funny.  She made out like a bandit (I think it helped that so many thought she was cute and therefore deserved extra candy). This year was so amazing!  I want to do it again.  Oh well, I'm already looking forward to next year!

 

So tired!  More candy....but I'm so tired I can't even move my arms.  Help.....

 Family photo

 One tired little girl

Carving Pumpkins 2011

I think it is so much fun introducing Kassandra to new things (ok so she was a part of pumpkin carving last year but let's face it she doesn't remember!).  She loved playing with the pumpkins and thought it was great when we cut into them.  Then she loved the "guts".  We also gave her some paint so that she could paint the smaller pumpkins.  This resulted in a wash down in the bath tub.  She loved it.  She also loved the end result which was some cool pumpkins!
Now if only I would have remembered that I had an electric carving knife specifically for pumpkin carving it would have been even better (ha, ha).  Maybe next year.

Out and about

I actually had a couple of weekdays off.  Since this is now a rarity I decided that Kassandra and I should go bumming around.  We went to a mall one day and to the store the next day.  I let Kassandra enjoy herself and run and play.  I can't say this enough - it is so much fun watching her.  Making her own decisions on what she wants to do, see, touch, play with.  It's so much fun for me.

Trunk or Treat

Finally I got Kassandra's little red riding hood costume complete.  Now it's time to test it out.  The PTA at the local elementary school put on a trunk or treat.  I thought this would be a great chance for Kassandra to test out what it will be night on Halloween.  The only down side (other than the long line) was that it was cold and windy!