Halloween Recap - 2012

 

I don't know if there were any cuter Mini-Mouses out and about on October 31st!

Picking out Halloween costumes was super fun; I wasn't intending on buying them the day we did, but I couldn't delay doing so after the girls got started.  Olivia was the first one to pick out the Mini-Mouse costume; Grace immediately decided to join her in that.  For a while, Olivia contemplated being a fairy instead - I mean who doesn't want to wear fairy wings, but she eventually decided she's rather be twins with Grace. 

I feel like this Halloween was our first "real" Halloween.  What an amazing difference a year made for both the girls in terms of their overall Halloween "confidence."  Last year, I felt like I did more trick-or-treating than they did!  How awesome it was to stand on the sidewalk like most parents do as their kids run beaming up to doors and say trick-or-treat loud enough for even you to hear!  Olivia's confidence in particular just brought a smile to my face; she really was proud of herself and very pleased to be the one tall enough to ring the doorbell.  :)  Grace, seeing her big-sister's confidence, jumped right into the action too - the only thing that really freaked Grace out was any type of mask - no matter how many times we told Grace the mask wasn't real, she just couldn't seem to relax about them.  Actually, while we were at Walmart picking their costumes out, a boy down the aisle put on a mask.  He wasn't trying to scare Grace, but, boy, did he feel bad when she ran her fastest down the aisle to me pointing behind her with the most anxious expression on her face.  My little tough girl has a weak spot I guess. 

We certainly had some hyper-active little girls that evening as I'm afraid I let them indulge in a few too many candies, but since then, they seem to have forgotten about their treats, so Brian and I have been sneaking them for ourselves!

Trick-or-treating friend Maggie Gavle, Liv, and Grace.

 Family/school friends (Danika, Olivia's classmate is the black cat).