Halloween 2011

And Jo-Jo the gray puppy...

Meet Isa"Tinker"bel...

...who were very excited to go trick-or-treating this year.
Josiah is looking up to his big sister for instructions on how to do it!

Our little leader was happy to forge
ahead and show Josiah the ropes!

"Come on, Jo-Jo, this is Kyla's house! She has candy for us!"

Yes, even Mommy participated this year in the costume fun!

Soon, Isabel wanted to go faster than a 21-month-old
can, so she and Daddy forged ahead while Mommy
and Josiah went home. Josiah was happy to dig in his
pumpkin bucket 'o loot (he actually tried M&M's but
wasn't quite sure what to think of them)...

...and watch out the door for trick-or-treaters!

We allowed her to eat 5 pieces of candy
(one night a year we cave on the limiting of sweets!),
so this must be the crash after the sugar rush!
Happy Halloween!
Until next year...

Halloween adventures

Our Halloween weekend started on Saturday with our first time carving pumpkins as a family.



With some coaxing, Isabel eventually learned to enjoy taking the "goop" out of the pumpkin!

 Josiah enjoyed watching and was our "model" as we carved!

 Isabel was pretty proud of her first jack-o-lantern!

 Daddy convinced Isabel to be a Minnesota Twins baseball player this year for Halloween. I think it turned out pretty cute, our little "girly girl" dressing up as a baseball player! (At least I got the french braids in her hair for a little girlish flair)

 And trick-or-treating wouldn't have been complete without our little monkey hanging out on Mommy's hip!

 "Hey guys, wanna see my cute tail?"

 "There it is! Whoa, I am falling over!"

"Mommy, more frick-or-freaters are at the door!" (Isabel enjoyed handing out candy almost as much as getting the candy herself. Surprising, for how much she has loved candy these past few months after basically not getting it for 2 1/2 years!)