Halloween Pictures

We had a few different Halloween activities that we participated in. The weekend before we went to a kids carnival/concert. We attended this activity with some friends and spent the majority of the time in line for face paints. We also listened to the kids music (children's lyrics sang to common adult rock songs), did a bean bag toss, ate candy, and posed for pictures on a pile of hay.
On Wednesday night the girls recieved a package from their grandparents with a ton of candy and Halloween outfits that included headbands and socks that light up. (Thanks grandma Karen). So, that evening they wore their outfits to an annual pumpkin carving night that we do at church with foreign students from the local university.
On Halloween the girls wore their costumes to ballet and then we drove to a shopping center to snag some candy with some friends and to ride the train. Then we went home to eat Spaghetti because Paul ran a half marathon the following morning and wanted carbs that night. Then after spaghetti we went back out to trick-or-treat at two friends' homes.
The girls of course changed their minds a lot about what they wanted to be, but we went to a second hand store and found the wings and they were easily persuaded into being fairies, which I like better than the only other option...princesses. They got to decorate their wings with some help and they turned out pretty good.

More Pictures

I had to separate the blog because I have trouble uploading many pictures at a time. Here are a few more from Olivia's birthday.

Old Update

I thought I'd post some pictures from Olivia's birthday even though it's a little old. It's funny now how the day started even though at the time it was very sad and gross. We went into the girls bedroom to wish Olivia a happy birthday. I sat down on her bed and put my hand in a pile of puke! She had barfed in the middle of the night and then just rolled over and went to sleep. Of course the excitement wasn't over yet and she puked two more times that morning. Luckily she was settled enough by evening to at least enjoy a piece of cake. There is an old carousel downtown and the plan was to go ride on it and then enjoy the carousel cake, but grandma Diana and Olivia took a nap instead while Maddi, Paul and the other grandparents were out touring the town. After waking up from her nap Olivia helped decorate her cake and as it was still a slightly risky endeavor she had the bucket nearby. Olivia is very good at play and being ornery. Earlier on that day she coughed and I came running with the bucket (after she puked on the carpet because I wasn't prepared) but it was a false alarm. So she learned that if she coughed she would get a good reaction out of me. So, her leaning over the bucket while decorating the cake was just her "playing" like she's going to puke just to see me freak out one more time.