Halloween!

Seems like each year every holiday gets busier. Halloween was no different.There were parties, treats and fun had by all. As you'll see from the amount of photos, our day, well days were busy and fun-filled. First, we had to prepare by acquiring some pumpkins.

 We went to a house near ours that has pumpkins out front.

Now whenever we drive by I hear "that's where we got pumpkins!"

 Me, my pumpkin, and my lil punkin' in my belly at 19 weeks

 She really thought she could pick that up.

Next, was the carving...which I always forget how long/messy it is to do.

Fun though.

( you want her boots don't you?? I know that I do....)

 We're not that advanced. Pumpkins as Addie named them.

"Daddy's work, a scary ghost and a guy!"

(Jed's Plutonium logo, a ghost face and a skull-type face that was on her pail she asked me to do)

Friday, I got Addie dressed up in her Princess Aurora costume

 Which she appropriately posed in for me :)

I took her to Jed's office and she literally filled her trick-or-treat pail to the top!

I figured at that point, "real" trick-or-treating was just a formality. She also got treats from both her Grammies at their offices too.

Jed took Addie to our ward party that night while I stayed home. I've been sick for a week now with a cold and I felt horrible on Friday. I decided to sit out the ward party in hopes that it would help me be more able to party with my princess on Saturday.

Saturday, we had a Halloween party at my mom's house with Addie's cousins.

 Princess Aurora & Snow White

When I put on my dress Addie got SO excited! She immediately said we needed to twirl. When I told her we needed to grab mommy's shoes to go, she said "um you're not mommy, you're Snow White." I love her.

It helped me be happy I didn't sell out and stay home.

 Grammy Rees the butterfly and Addie

 My cute mom, cute daughter and me

This picture was too funny to not post. As soon as I tried to take a picture of Deacon,

Addie ran over and put her arm around him and wanted to pose together....he wasn't a fan.

"Seriously, why is this girl always all over me??"

Ever try taking a picture of 4 toddlers and 3 babies?

 

 I was laughing so hard at the madness....

 Never did get a good one....ah well. They were all cute.

 Monkey Nixon being held by banana Chad. Ha, I found it funny.

My mom hid little pumpkins full of treats outside, much like an Easter egg hunt.

The kids thought that was a lot of fun.

 Then they ran around for awhile, working off a titch of the sugar.

Later that evening, we went up to Grammy Dawn and Papa Steve's house for another party (yep)

and Addie found her nemesis....Ashley Malificent!

 Addie was so excited yet a little scared I think haha.

She assured me at one point "She's still Ashy"

She had been talking about Ashy being Malificent for weeks and demanded they play one of her favorite games..."Precious Princess"

 She's so funny. She frequently will hide her baby dolls under blankets, then pull it off and say

"Well...here's your precious princess!" just like Malificent. It's uncanny really ;)

 Whitney and her cute little monster Tristan. Isn't his costume adorable?

She was a witch, but I think Addie had stolen her hat by this point.

 Baby Emmett the vampire...I want to eat those cheeks.

After trick-or-treating to about 5 houses on the street, Addie was done. Perfect for me.

Then she put on everyone else's costume's  accessories.

 Witch/princess?

Addie Malificent!

She got extremely wired and literally ran circles till 10pm. Hey, that's what Halloween is about right? Hope everyone had a good Halloween!

ps- I'm totally eating her candy right now....