Halloween, a week late.

I know, I know, Halloween has come and gone. But we've had a busy week, so here are the costume pictures now.

My girls were so excited for Halloween, it was almost comical. Every morning, Portia would wake up and the first words out of her mouth would be "MOM. How many days until trick-or-treat?!?"

The day finally arrived, and the girls took great care in every aspect of their costumes, down to their fingernail colors. They were thrilled!

I present to you, Elsa and Rapunzel!

Spooky!

Happy Halloween (a few days ago)!!

I love Halloween. I like creepy, morbid decorations, I like dressing up, and guys, I really like candy. 

This year was really fun. Brandon and I got invited to dj our church's youth Halloween dance. So of course, we pulled out some awesome costumes. Brandon was Seneca Crane, from Hunger Games. I drew the beard myself! 

And I was electronic superstar, Skrillex.

The dance was  blast, and we had so much fun doing it!

A few days later was the annual trunk-or-treat/pig roast at church. Portia and Margot were so excited to dress up, as you can see.

Really excited. 

And so was I!

I made my shirt using this tutorial.

There was a costume parade, lots of food, and plenty of candy. 

 These two were in heaven.

 The next night was Halloween! We trick-or-treated until the girls were too tired and too cold to handle it anymore, and have been enjoying the loot ever since!

Hope you had as much fun as we did!

Halloween times

Ok folks. I want you to take a moment to prepare yourself for a lot of cuteness.

Ready? Here we go.

I love Halloween!! I love costumes, trick-or-treating, eating candy, the whole shebang! And since I am a bit old for dressing up and going door to door, I get to live vicariously through my kids! Hooray!!

This year, we attended several Halloween parties! First, we went to a Halloween play group. It was so fun! Portia was a cowgirl, complete with boots and hat. Margot didn't dress up, she actually slept through the entire activity. The kids played games, listened to stories, ate treats (of course), and decorated pumpkins:

Portia is pretty creative. She did the whole thing by herself, I just helped with the glue.

Next, we visited the Tulsa area, and went to the Claremore ward's trunk-or-treat. This time Portia was a princess.

And Grammy was a spooky vampire:

Margot still didn't dress up, and still slept through a large chunk of the evening.

They had the trunk-or-treat inside the church, and decorated lots of different rooms to hand out candy from. There was a little room filled with lit-up pumpkins. It was Portia's favorite, mostly because there were purple ribbon streamers hanging from the door.



Tonight, we went to a trunk-or-treat in Norman. Portia was a cowgirl again, and Margot dressed up as well.

Cutest kitten ever:

This time, the trunk-or-treat was outdoors, and Daddy helped Portia go around to all the cars while Mommy and Margot handed out candy.

Checking out her loot.

beautiful girl

Margot slept through the whole thing. (I'm beginning to see a pattern here)

After the trunk-or-treat ended, we drove to a nearby neighborhood and went door to door for some more action.
Portia was a bit scared because it was so dark, but she said "trick-or-treat" and "thank you" at every door!

Now we are home. Portia is in bed dreaming of dum-dums and snickers and skittles, and Daddy and Margot are snoozing on the couch. And I am sitting here drinking some homeade warm apple cider. It was a great night.

Happy Halloween!