A sure sign that it is fall are the costumes and candy of Halloween! I actually really like Halloween, I know there are some people who aren't so fond of it, but particularly as a Mom, I enjoy watching the kids get all dressed up and run from house to house with the anticipation of collecting their loot!
One thing Lila loves is to pick out her costume each year. We get several catalogs in the mail and when they come I give them to her and she will thumb through them deliberately looking for the
P-E-R-F-E-C-T costume! This year she was a bit torn between Glinda the Good Witch and the Pink Princess you see below! After much deliberation she settled on the Pink Princess and there were squeals when the costume was delivered!
Our Halloween celebrations began on Wednesday when the girls were able to wear their costumes to dance! It is always fun to see the studio a buzz with all the kids in their costumes!
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| Dress up @ Dancers Edge |
Halloween landed on a Friday this year, so Lila was excited to incorporate some Halloween orange (with pink, of course) into her uniform attire. Her school also does a Halloween party in each classroom and then the parents are invited to attend the Halloween parade which each student gets the opportunity to strut their stuff!
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| All ready to celebrate Halloween at school! |
The parade was so cute! The kids walked through the gym with their classmates. The oldest kids went first, so we saw our niece, Celia, dressed as the acclaimed Porsche designer Magnus Walker. Celia is definitely her Daddy's girl. My brother Jason is a huge car fanatic. I can only imagine how proud he was that his daughter went as automotive innovator!
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Our car girl, Celia, as Magnus Walker - don't know who that is?!
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Next in line was our other niece, Ruby! She was dressed up as a police officer -- she was looking so cute with her uniform and accessories!
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| Officer Ruby! |
The Kindergartners weren't too far behind and before we knew it there was Princess Lila walking through the gym! She was so excited to be showing off her beautiful costume to all of her friends.
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| Doing the princess wave! |
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| Every Princess needs to be friends with Bat Girl! |
After the school festivities we loaded Lila up and headed to TrueNorth for our annual Halloween party. Each year a committee puts together a fun filled afternoon for the kids to come and trick-or-treat at the office.
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| TrueNorth Halloween-style |
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| A quick pic with Grandpa & Laura |
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| Could Mom's work be any cooler? Coloring, candy, and cupcakes! |
And last, but not least, we headed home to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. With this being our first Halloween here it was fun to try out a new tradition. I won't lie, sometimes transitioning from the past traditions are hard on Lila, hard on all of us, but we are trying to be really open minded and are excited to create new memories!
Our new neighborhood has actually really blown us away with how involved (and proud) the homeowners are. There are so many neat events throughout the year that allow everyone to get together and enjoy being neighbors and Halloween is included in that -- and it didn't disappoint!
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| Ready to conquer the neighborhood! |
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| The princess walking through "her" park! |
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| Tradition - walking hand in hand with her Dad - there are some things that Mom just can't touch! |
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| Visiting house after house after house... |
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| A princess and her Daddy! |
The neighborhood was decked out with all sorts of decorations and families were out and about to socialize and assist their kids in their quest for candy! There was even a half way point in the neighborhood where they had set up a fire pit in a drive way with hot drinks to go and soup to warm up on, if you were hungry. What a fun evening in our new neighborhood!
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| Success!!! |
