Halloween

I know I've been a blog-slacker lately.  Maybe I'll catch up some, maybe I won't.  For now, we'll get to the current events!  

We went to a pumpkin patch on my birthday.  The girls had fun finding their way to the different check points in the corn maze.  They also enjoyed all of the pumpkins and the hay ride.

The girls had a fun Halloween.  Lauren is almost 3, so she was really able to get into it this year.  It helped that she had a big sister to prep her for it too.

Lauren the butterfly and Kaylin the bunny

I thought Lauren would want to be a fairy, but when she put on the tutu and wings she declared she was a butterfly.  She had a butterfly shirt that matched and I made some pipe cleaner antennas on a headband.  She was thrilled.  Eric overheard her telling her baby that she can fly too if she wears a tutu and wings.

Kaylin is wearing the bunny costume my mom made for me when I was little!  She refused to wear the bow tie, but she loved the rest of it.  I wore it in first and second grade, Kaylin is in kindergarten and I highly doubt it will fit next year.  I was on the taller side, so that gives you an idea of tall she is.

Last weekend was our trunk-or-treat at church.  The girls had a great time playing all of the games and the craft table was a hit and kept them busy for quite awhile.

I don't know what I was thinking, but I didn't take any pictures of the most exciting part.  The fog machine in the spook alley set off the fire alarm and we had to evacuate.  Luckily, the activity had been going on for an hour and we were in the process of moving on to the trick-or-treat portion anyway.  It was pouring rain outside so the trick-or-treating went quickly.  The kids loved seeing the ambulance, fire truck, and the firemen.

I wasn't into carving pumpkins this year, so I let the girls paint the little pumpkins they got at the pumpkin patch.  They loved it and took it very seriously.  Kaylin entered her pumpkin into the school's contest.  She was very excited when she came home with a participation prize.

Dressed up again, we were ready to go trick-or-treating!

The girls had so much fun and did a great job of being polite :-).  They both have a bucketful of candy.  We're going to be in the "can I have more candy????" stage for quite awhile.

While the girls loved Halloween, Kaylin is already looking forward to what's next.  In her prayer last night she said, "we're excited for Christmas".