Gearing Up For Halloween

We are gearing up for our first Halloween in Beverly Crest, a holiday that is apparently almost as big as Christmas in these parts, judging from the decorated houses and number of festivities. 

Amelia is dressing up as Anna from Frozen and she is going to be *so cute*!! I am going to braid her hair in 2 braids ala Anna and color it brown with a white stripe or two and we ordered an Olaf doll from the Disney store for her to carry with her -- I'm sure she won't be the only Anna in Beverly Crest but she'll be the cutest! Charlie is going to be a skeleton Ninja for what, the 4th year in a row? Oh no wait I think there was a swamp monster in there somewhere... Mike and I are even joining in the dressing up festivities; Mike as the grim reaper and me as a witch but how much of my costume I'll wear other than the hat remains to be seen...

This Friday there is an adults only Halloween party at the club house, but seeing as we already have a babysitter lined up for Saturday night we'll be skipping that one. Sunday there is a kids Halloween Party at the clubhouse, which we will definitely be going to, and then on Halloween itself our street is having a block party so there will be lots of before and after trick or treating fun. Good thing Halloween is on a Friday night! 

2 Princesses & A Vampiress

Stocked up!

(Now we just need some decent wine glasses and an excuse to have a party!)

Family Fiesta Night/Book Fair

We took the kids to Charlie's school tonight for the above mentioned fiesta night and book fair. As soon as we arrived in the cafeteria to collect our dinner catered by Qdoba, Amelia found some of her little friends from summer camp and promptly ditched us, taking her tray and going to sit with a group of girls across the cafeteria from us. 

Later, at the book fair, I was approached by a woman who asked, "Are you Amelia's mom? My daughter Iris knows her from summer camp, she just loves her!" With that I realized that Amelia probably knows more kids at Elizabeth Lane than Charlie does and I cringe to think what it'll be like when she's a teenager...

The picture is of Charlie and his new favorite book, The World's Grossest Joke Book...

Thanks For The Halloween Cards Grammy & Grampy!

Amelia turned hers into quite the art project, which of course eventually resulted in an entire bottle of glue spilled on the table... ;-)

Charlie's 3rd Grade Picture

In his usual state of needing a hair cut of course :-)

Singing In The Rain

(Or maybe she was dancing in it? In her bathing suit, of course!)