Yes, yes, I haven’t written in over a month again. Truly, not because of any hangups or anything legitimate… it’s more like I kind-of forgot that I had a blog for a while. We’ve been busy around here and I’ve missed about a dozen events and milestones. Here’s my attempt to catch up!
Let’s begin with Halloween 2009.
This was the first year that Sarah really “got” Halloween. After looking through countless catalogs, she had her mind set on being a witch and so it was. After looking through countless catalogs, we ended up picking out an adorable “fairy-tale” witch costume from an on-line store called; buycostumes.com. We tried it on the minute it arrived at our door and didn’t take it off until Halloween.
She may have been dressed like a witch, but she still looked like an angel.
Olivia, on the other hand, really didn’t get the gist of Halloween this year, but did and said whatever Sarah did and said. This year I picked out her costume and she was the most adorable little bumblebee, if I say so myself!
We celebrated Halloween twice this year. The Sunday before Halloween, we marched in Aunt Margie and Uncle Jeff’s community parade and then went back to their cousins house for a party. The following Saturday was Halloween Day and we had the entire family back to our house to celebrate the day. And literally the whole family went trick or treating around our neighborhood and then back to our house for some pizza and snacks. Needless to say, Sarah and Olivia readily figured out what the words “trick or treat” meant and absolutely LOVED getting and especially eating the candy they received. One thing that did surprise me was that the older kids only wanted to trick or treat around the corner. They were too lazy to go any further and really didn’t care that much about how much candy they got. My how times have changed since I was a kid! Here’s some pictures of all the cousins!
Lily and Jackson as Mickey and Minnie Mouse!
Alex as some sort of “scary guy” and Jake as a “Ninja Master”!
Luke as a firefighter!
