The older I get, the less I enjoy Halloween. It is the first holiday that I almost feel grinchy about. I guess I really am getting old. Either way, kids love Halloween and I remember being so excited for the big day too, so we got all dressed up and celebrated for days!
Livi and Leo made yummy festive cookies to get us in the sweet spirit and we enjoyed our traditional Dinner in a Pumpkin at Grammie's one Sunday afternoon. The girls both wore fun costumes to ballet class and enjoyed a treat from their teacher the week of the 31st while dancing to spooky music and we had fun at our Ward Trunk or Treat as well as our Neighborhood Party a few days before the actual holiday. Ben and I even got a sitter and went as Batman and Robin to an adult costume party one night. We bought lots of pumpkins at a local church and carved our version of a kitty cat and a vampire jack-o-lantern. They were moldy by Halloween night but we lit them anyway and the girls were so proud.
The highlight of our spooky holiday was definitely the girls fabulous costumes. Olivia decided weeks before October that she wanted to be Dorothy and Grammie worked her magic and made the most beautiful dress. Livi was in LOVE with herself and was by far the cutest Dorothy ever to Trick-or-Treat. Isabelle decided to also follow the yellow brick road and was so pleased when we found a huge and fluffy Glinda dress at The Disney Store. Alee and I put our heads together and created an awesome crown and Belle looked perfect as the Good Witch.
Like years past, the girls were one of the first in the neighborhood out and about ready to gather candy but also one of the first to call it a night. Livi made it to about 20 houses and Belle maybe 30, before they were both back sitting on our driveway passing out the candy in their own baskets. Before too long, we were tucked in our cozy beds and trying our best to NOT dream about any of the spooky things we had just seen. RIP Halloween...until next year.
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