Pumpkin Spice

Happy Halloween! Yes, as you're reading this, I'm sure you're thinking, wasn't it just Thanksgiving? True, but this is a busy season. Soon you'll see a post for Kayla's birthday, and then hopefully I can get to the current holidays.

Look at those cute tails!

 The girls are always cute, but especially so in their costumes. Out of all the costumes she could choose from (see last year's post where she tried them all on), Kayla immediately chose the elephant. I couldn't complain because Maren was destined to be a zebra, so this meant we had our own little African safari!  --  And here, we see the smaller zebra prowling the larger elephant as she goes after her food.

Our good friends Joe and Beth were kind enough to host us again to their home and neighborhood for the trick-or-treating festivities, and boy was I glad when the day was finally here. Kayla had been talking about Halloween the minute we started the month of October. After 5 days of her asking about Halloween, I sat her down and counted from Oct. 5 to Oct. 31. Kayla's response, "it's a lot of days until Halloween!" Amen.

As we started out, we came upon a parent who donned a Pooh Bear costume. It became clear to them, however, that this idea may backfire. His wife was beginning to think that maybe they would have to lose the costume, or they were never going to get through the neighborhood. Every kid was running up to him wanting hugs and pictures. So we got one too! It was almost like Disney World...

It was a fun night for all, and not too cold.  Maren enjoyed just chilling in the stroller. Fine by me too!

Here's a funny side story.  I should have rememered from the tiger costume last year, but not surprisingly, I didn't.  The tights that come with the costume have virtually no elasticity left in them.  I'm not sure if they were always this way, or if my nephew's booties already stretched them out!  =)  Anyway, Kayla found herself hanging out quite often during the night.  Here's early proof!

I also can't forget to mention that when Kayla tried on our Pooh Bear costume again this year, Maren was so excited.  She was running around the house chasing her trying to get a hold of Pooh.  She was a big fan!