Happy Halloween!

This is actually a new pumpkin. Our other one was completely rotten.

We carved the new pumpkin this morning. Addison made me wait until she changed into a dress so she could be fancier. Then she scooped one handful of pumpkin guts and went to wash her hands.

Audrey liked the pumpkin guts!

We left our candy (yes, I caved and also got some lolly pops), water, and glow bracelets outside while we took the girls out. Please admire the awesome spider carving I did! It was a super thick pumpkin and took forever! Addison loved it though.

Olaf (yay! he got home in time!), Anna, and Elsa

Sven (I was having major antler problems!), Anna, and Elsa

For those of you who do not know the characters who are taking over our lives, here they are:

The girls had so much fun trick or treating tonight! Addison did the quietest knocks ever. Audrey held her candy bucket the whole time and it was pretty heavy. When we got home, we came inside to eat some candy and heard a big group of teenagers at the door. I went out to get some water and the loot was gone. Ugh. Darn teenagers! I don't want the girls to grow up. 

It's almost Halloween!

Addison picked out our pumpkin and it's huge. We will carve it tomorrow!

I love these pictures of her. She wanted to pose with the pumpkin! She usually hates taking posed pictures.

We made some spiders and hung them in a web in the family room...the girls run under it screaming "spiders". It's awesome.

Last weekend we went to fly a kite. It wasn't windy enough to keep it up very long, but we had a fun time. Perfect day.

Today Addison was allowed to wear her costume to ballet!

 She also insisted that Audrey wear her costume. Look how big she looks sitting in that chair reading a book (upside down book!).

Addison is so excited about Halloween this year. This will be the first year trick-or-treating in a real suburban neighborhood. We will be "that family" this year as Andrew put it. I decided to buy water bottles and glow bracelets instead of candy to hand out. We eat enough sugar as it is.

Happy 17 months, Audrey!

Audrey Diane is 17 months old today! She's still just a little peanut at 18 pounds, but she's full of character and energy!

We are not potty training yet, but she wants sit on the potty whenever Addison does so we brought out the little potty for her. She's gone a few times in it.

I love how the girls are starting to play together!

Addison thinks this old landfill in the back of the park is a mountain.