Halloween Fun

The few days leading up to Halloween were packed with lots of fun activities.

We had a Halloween playdate with some friends from Ava's preschool.

She was one of the few that were interested in the crafts. That's my girl!

All the kids from the playdate. I think we knew maybe 4 out of the group (the rest were friends of the hostess) but we had a great time meeting new friends.


Over the weekend we went to Calloway's to take advantage of their half price pumpkins.

And when we got home Ava painted two of them

On Halloween day Amy and Brinley invited us over for a playdate, complete with the perfect Halloween crafts and food for the kids. That Amy never ceases to amaze me with her creativity and time that she devotes to putting together all these things for the kids to enjoy.

She had pumpkins and jack 0 lanterns for the kids to make on paper plates along with a cute poem, Halloween stickers and paper, a coloring sheet that she printed off for each kid that had their name and a picture of what they were for Halloween, and pumpkin spice playdough and Halloween cookie cutters. The kids loved it!

Friend picture!

And aren't these the cutest little Tinkerbells you have ever seen?

The kids' muffin tin lunch consisted of a pumpkin chocolate chip muffin, "mummy"/pigs in a blanket, corn and carrots, a clementine pumpkin, m&m's and candy corn, and a cheese stick ghost.

Amy and Brinley came to our house early that evening for our annual pre-trick or treating photos. You can see the first two years here and here.

Best friends Tinkerbell Ava and Chef Brinley

We let the girls get a head start on trick or treating by going to a few houses on our street so we could get some pictures.

Holding hands the entire way!

I love these girls I tell ya. What are we going to do when they leave us for Abilene this summer?! Our Halloweens, along with countless other holidays and events, will not be the same without them here. These pregnancy hormones get me even more sentimental!!

Ava wanted Daddy to be Captain Feathersword from the Wiggles and he stuck to his promise. (Mommy the "Bee" did not- combo of being too cheap and too pregnant to buy a costume).

We ran out of time to carve our pumpkin over the weekend so we quickly carved it after Brinley and Amy left. Better late than never! Ava didn't want any part in touching the "yucky stuff", as she calls it, so she mostly watched.

She requested a kitty cat jack o lantern so Daddy did his best.

The picture is a little blurry but we think he did a great job!

Once it was dark we went back out for more trick or treating around the neighborhood. She was so giddy with excitement the entire time. I loved watching her!

She was a great helper passing out candy to other trick or treaters as well.

We hope everyone had a Happy Halloween!!! Ava has already told me that next year she wants to be a ballerina and she wants baby brother to be Woody from Toy Story.