As Promised

Here are some costume shots. The first few are when Mammaw came to our house so Amelia the Strawberry Princess Fairy could trick or treat her. Precious.



Followed by our Pumpkin Patch at church. Mom and Dad got to come, so that was very exciting! Amelia was uncharacteristically shy at first, but soon warmed up and started playing the games. (She later told me she had seen a clown when we got there. That would explain everything as clowns almost certainly ruined her circus experience). The bouncy house was her favorite, and she loved the ducks.

Asher and Emily came and she was really glad to see him. I love our church and all the games were fun and spread out nicely. Elise the Duck even got to play a few. She was a champ at the hidden pumpkin game and the duck pond.

Then came Halloween night, which Amelia informed me took "years" to arrive. We spent the evening with Jen and Jared and had a great time. Jen cooked potato soup and chicken strips and had Halloween cupcakes. YUM. Before it got dark we played outside in the leaves. Amelia has been dying to play in the leaves, but we have none at our house and Mom and Dad have none at theirs, so this was the biggest treat to her! (Little Bear loves playing in the leaves, if you must know).
Elise decided to ditch the duck and was a pumpkin this time around. Amelia marched up to each house and sweetly yelled, "Trick-or-treat," followed by a precious, "thank you," after she received her candy. We went to about ten houses in Jen's neighborhood, but she could have gone on all night.

We went to Jessalyn and Greg's next and she went to a few houses in that neighborhood too. She LOVED getting to give candy when the trick-or-treaters came to their house and I am so glad she got to experience that part of it too. G and Pa were there to surprise her :) Elise was DONE by this point, so we didn't get to stay as long as I would have liked.

Basically everything we did was a hit and I just loved this whole month of Halloween fun. As Amelia said, "When is the next Halloween? I love this."

Pumpkin carving pics next and I should be caught up.