Trick or Treat!

We maxed out the use of halloween costumes this year! Addison picked out to be a purple butterfly fairy and Avery was either Cinderella or Elsa just depended on the day you asked her. I think both girls were able to wear them 7 times! We went to Boo at the Zoo, Kroger's Costume Party, preschool/library parties, playgroup party, the ward trunk or treat and of course trick or treating! Both costumes are sticky and worn out by now:) I'm still bribing with Halloween candy to get the girls to pick up their rooms and the playroom. I have eaten way too many snickers and smarties. I need to just toss the candy and put it out of site! We had never been to Boo at the Zoo and it was a lot of fun. It was warm enough that the girl's didn't have to wear coats and most of the animals were still out. There were stations set up all over the zoo with candy and coupons for different places. Addison's favorite coupon was of course getting a free coney at Skyline:) I made Halloween shirts for Dave and I this year and he was less than thrilled about wearing it:) It was the perfect year to make them...mine said "Bun in the Oven" and Dave's said, "The Bun Baker". I was pretty proud of them! We did our traditional family night activity of carving pumpkins. We toasted the seeds and no one would eat them, but me! Addison still hates to get messy from the inside of the pumpkin, but Avery was all over it this year. The girls later painted pumpkins at Grammie and Papa's. Addison painted for over an hour and covered her whole pumpkin. I love that she is so into arts and crafts... girl after my own heart. We also went to a really cool activity downtown called, The Stoddard Pumpkin Glow. There were hundreds of really detailed pumpkins carved and lit up. Dave went and played airsoft wars with the YM one Saturday morning so I took the girls to get pumpkin donuts and chocolate milk. THey ended up blowing lots of bubbles and making a huge mess. It was a fun morning and we were distracted while daddy was gone. We decided to go down to my parents to go trick or treating this year. They have a quiet neighborhood and since we don't even know our neighbors it was a win win. Addison was finished going door to door after about 20 minutes and wanted to sit in the wagon. Avery on the other hand was running from house to house and wanted to keep going. Addison ended up getting in the wagon and eating her candy while we took Avery around to some more houses. Both girls made out with a ton of candy and we let them eat way too much that evening. Papa made the night really special by providing dry ice so that Addison could make "Witches Brew" for us to drink. Both girls were mesmerized by the fog and we addred green food coloring! We spent the month enjoying getting to the holiday spirit and now we're gearing up for Thanksgiving next week!