trick or treat

Peach has been literally wiggling with excitement for weeks!

Ever since we first put her costume on, she's been on cloud nine just thinking about the excitement of Halloween.

So, Friday night the ECFE program in our school district threw a Halloween Party for the pre-school kids.

Peach was the cutest little bat you've ever seen!

And because she was so stinkin' cute, I had to take a million pictures....

Hubby was a tic.tac.toe board complete with tic.tacs and toes....

Thank you, Family Fun Magazine for the idea!

Peach with her little buddy, who came over with her Momma and Papa for supper before the big party.

And although it was almost Tulip's bed time, we did manage to get her dressed in her flower outfit and she made an appearance at the party, only to fall asleep shortly after arriving.

Fast forward to Monday...Halloween night.

We visited a few friends' homes.

We had taken Peach trick-or-treating last year, but this year was so much more fun!  She actually got it!  And she knew just what to do!

Everyone else must have thought she was as cute as we did because she got oodles of candy!

This is how Tulip rocked her Halloween costume...napping while Sister scored all the candy

Hubby sported yet another costume...I'm thinkin' Arby's

Next, we headed over to our church parking lot.

Our church does this great activity called TRUNK OR TREAT every year.  Families decorate their trunks and create a game for the kids to play.  They hand out tons of candy and the kids have a blast doing something that's totally non-scary.

Peach loved it.  And Tulip woke up just in time.  She was a good sport, just watching Peach go into competitive gamer mode.

Potty break/Mommy showing Peach how the fangs work :)

LOVED this one!

It got a little chilly at the end, so we visited one last trunk...

This one you actually had to crawl into and when you got in there, they had a treasure hunt.

We didn't participate in Wii bowling, but I thought it was awesome that someone had rigged this up in the bed of their pick up!

When we got inside, I discovered that Peach, Tulip and Hubby had "chosen" stickers.  That meant that they had been chosen to be part of the costume contest.  I was thinking we'd get them to bed at a decent time, but instead we stayed to see what the contest was all about.

While we waited for everyone else to finish up outside, Peach played for a bit in the nursery.

Fellowship, worship and the costume contest......

There were about eight people who had been "chosen" to be in the costume contest and three came from my little family - what a proud Momma I was!

Peach won this massive lollipop for her costume.

As you can see by the picture, she was more than tuckered out at this point.  Normally, a sucker this size would have her grinning from ear to ear.  We promised her that she could enjoy her treat tomorrow and she didn't even fight it. 

So, home we went to put bonzos to bed....

We are tired, but full of good memories of Halloween 2011.

May the rest of our end of the year holidays be as sweet!

october extras

My camera and I were inseparable this month.  I have so many pictures that don't really have a story, but they're still meaningful to me.  So, here are my leftovers,.

I can't really remember why I took these pictures of their clothes.

As you can tell, I don't really need much of a reason to take a picture.

I probably just saw their little hangers holding their adorable outfits and it made me happy...

so why not capture it?

Tulip's toys....her favorite one is the frog that makes crinkly noises when squashed between her chubby hands.  It makes me smile to see her react to that funny noise like its the first time every time.

Peach went nutso on writing letters one day.  Well...more like she kept drawing pictures and then dictating to me what to write along with instructions on whom they should be sent to.  I'm proud of her for appreciating snail mail...hope that sticks.

Love this pic...

I am sooooo in love with this stuff that I found at Walgreen's.

Who knew that Frankinscence and Myrhh were making a comeback?

It is supposed to be for diaper rash, but I sneak in Tulips room and use it as chap stick at least twice a day.

Sweet cradle that Peach found at a garage sale

My new favorite breakfast.  Our grocery store just started carrying these and I AM ADDICTED!

Peach on the phone with Grandma and Grandpa

"You wan' see my new necklace?  Okay, I'll show it to ya'.  It is yight there next to my other one."

Hubby and I chuckling in the background....

Every once in a while, a girl just has to give in to this craving.

And living with a 2-year-old is the perfect excuse.

Peach had a bit of a runny nose, so we broke into our stash of essential oils to fix her up good as new.

coffee with friends

Can't believe I captured this lady bug on Tulip's toe before Peach got a hold of it.  She thinks they are the greatest and tells me she's just "holding" them, when really she's squashing them.

My punkin'

gorgeous weather that just begged us to be outside

some fun acorn treats that we made for our day.care friends

thanks to another blogging momma who gave me the idea!

Peach's memory verse from church.

Ooooohhh, it is so adorable to hear her little voice reciting truth

projects....and lots of 'em

I need a bigger fridge!

a new hat

starting the day in Momma's bed

leaving our jammies on extra long

Mister Bear wearing Tulip's Halloween socks

And lastly, I couldn't let October pass without snapping some pictures of raking leaves and the fun that comes with it...

There you have it...a few little treasures that made this month downright delightful!

We'll see if I can tone down my snap-happy picture-taking next month.  But with the holidays comin' up, I have a feeling that the camera and I will be close friends again in November.