Happy Halloween! This was one of the first years that both girls really understood the purpose of Halloween. They were both pretty excited about getting their costumes and of course collecting all the candy they could find. Earlier this fall we took a trip to the apple orchard and pumpkin patch and the girls picked out two huge pumpkins. They sat on our front step for a few weeks and finally the weekend before Halloween we carved them! Morgan picked a pattern from the carving kit I bought and Elizabeth and Greg created the jack-o-lantern. Both were pretty impressive and the girls thought they turned out pretty cool.
This year Morgan chose a fairy from a book series so it was our first attempt at creating a costume. Thanks to Mimi for making the ruby red dress! The rest of her outfit was a hodge podge of things, tissue paper flower necklace, wings and a blond wig that at the last minute she didn't want to wear. Later in the evening we added a black sweater and pink and red mittens! Elizabeth went with the standard princess outfit. I took her to the Halloween Super store to pick out a costume and she loved it. She had a tiara but it wouldn't stay on her head so she ditched it.
We took turns taking the girls out to get candy. Greg went first and after walking down out cul-de-sac the girls stopped at the house to empty their buckets. They were pretty full. From there I took the girls down the street and down another cul-de-sac. At most houses I could overhear the people telling the girls they could take 4 or 5 pieces...and I just shook my head. They however loved it.
After we got home the second time the girls dumped their candy out and admired their candy collection. The picture below is of Elizabeth's haul...so multiple this times two and add in the extra candy we had from passing out candy and we can operate our own candy store.
We were feeling generous so the girls were allowed to dive in and both had plenty of candy that night. I think Morgan's favorite piece was the one she got from our neighbor. The woman that lives next to us got the girls special candy bars- Wonka bars that were as big as the ones in the movie.
Elizabeth nibbled on several things and by the time I could take a picture of her she was shoving a Fruit by the Foot in her mouth.
I think it's safe to say that the girls had a great Halloween.
