Halloween!

This Halloween was one in which I thought I would still have some control over what Lila's costume would be, boy was I wrong!!  I originally had her convinced that she would be Audrey Hepburn circa Breakfast at Tiffany's, it was the most darling costume with a big tulle skirt, pearls, a little tiara, and don't forget the oversized black sunglasses!  I was getting ready to order the costume on Etsy and Lila was in the living room with me and I said, "okay, Mom is going to order your costume!"  That statement was met with a pouty lip and what could have turned into tears.  I of course asked her what was wrong and she said, "Mom, I want to be Belle for Halloween."  I was officially disappointed!  I am not sure what disappointed me more, the fact that she didn't want to wear this darling costume or the fact that she had an opinion and she is growing up?!  After she claimed she wanted to be Belle, she then said, "I will be Audrey Hepburn next year!"  Once that statement came out of her mouth, I almost felt guilty...she had no idea who Audrey Hepburn is, I needed to concede!  So, the quest for a new costume began.  We spent some time looking into Belle costumes, but we weren't finding much of anything, she then changed it up on me again and asked to be a ballerina.  DONE!  It couldn't get much easier than that!

 

So, that is just what we had!  A beautiful ballerina who couldn't have been happier in her costume!  In fact, she loved it so much she wore it for basically a week straight!  Thank goodness we had so many opportunities to show off our costume!  Our festivities started the Friday before Halloween at TrueNorth.  We picked up Celia after school and took her with us to trick or treat in the building and experience each of the areas and their themes.  There was a Wizard of Oz theme, Vintage Halloween, Candyland, Super hero, it was quite the party!

 

 

At the entrance of the Emerald City!

 

Kindermusik is Monday nights, so the class was encouraged to wear their costumes that evening to class!  All of the kids looked so cute!  What is normally a rowdy group was a bit shy with all their costumes on, it was kind of cute!



 

 

Tuesday had us packing her costume up to go to preschool with her!  She couldn't wait to show her teachers and classmates her dance moves!  And finally, it was the BIG day!  She had been so patient waiting for Halloween to roll around.  She kept telling her Daddy that he was the one going with her because he would hold her hand and accompany her as she goes to each door, of course Mike eats that up!

 

We got our little ballerina all ready and after a few pictures on the porch it was time to head out.  I was planning on staying back to hand out candy, but Mike and Lila convinced me to put the candy out on the porch, honor system style, and tag along.  So, off we went!

 



 

 

 

We made a quick stop at the Pfeiler house to trick-or-treat, but to also get a quick peek of Sloan in her darling outfit and get a picture of the two girls together!

 

Tu-tu Cute!

We were about 10 houses into our trick or treating when our neighbor told us that the power was completely out on our street.  What?!  Yes, out!  Which meant we were locked out of our house!!!  When we left the doors were all locked and we put the garage door down, we weren't getting in!  So, we spent some time hanging out on the front porch handing out candy to the kids who were willing to wander down the dark street! 

We're not afraid of the dark!

 

Our little girl was starting to get cold, so back to the Pfeiler's we went!  They welcomed us in so we could get warmed up, but it wasn't long before the kids were ready to go door to door again!  Quel had Sloan all bundled up in a wagon and Lila was thrilled she was willing to share her wheels! 

 



 

Racquel's cousins, Lexi & Tori, were along, too.  They are both such sweet girls and do so well with the little ones!  We all stopped by the Eddins house (the power was back on) to snap a picture on the front porch of all the girls together!

 

 

Even though our night didn't go quite as planned, we had a great time spending it with good friends!  Sometimes the impromptu get togethers are the ones that bring along the best memories!