Halloween

Happy Halloween!

Eleanora went trick or treating for the first time tonight and had a great time visiting family. First, we have to start with pictures from last Halloween,








Now for today, we had a few costume options. We were given a prairie girl costume, and I bought 3 from Old Navy yesterday for $1.60 each. (One of these days I need to post about my coupon/deal hunting obsession with links to my favorite sites, because I have scored some awesome deals!). Here is the one we were loaned,

(isn't she cute? I love this costume)


But she was not really a fan,



So she tried on the fairy costume from Old Navy, but it's way too skimpy for MN weather, so it'll be for dress up purposes only, but it's damn cute,



So we decided on the warm and adorable kitten costume,






(The third Old Navy costume is a Tiger in a size for next year)

Had some trouble getting all the kids to look for the traditional pic on the front steps before trick or treating, so here's a few of Travis the football, Nora the kitten, and Carsten as Lightning McQueen,









We went to a few houses around my old hood and then to Grandma Kate's.

This picture pretty much sums up the type of pictures I got of Nora with Keaton when we sat them next to each other,



But I did get some cute ones. Here she is tickling his toes,


Happy Stewie,


So yep, Halloween is over. I don't really care for the holiday very much, never have. For one, I wasn't a huge fan of trick or treating as a kid, I was not excited about going up to people's houses. Also, being scared sucks. I don't understand why people like it! Haunted houses? Horror movies? No, thanks. Granted, it's much more fun once you have a child.

Honestly, Halloween for me is a speed bump on the road to Christmas! Now that it is over I can get into the spirit. I love Christmas and cannot wait for this year. Eleanora is going to love it! She gets so excited about new toys and unwrapping gifts now. Last year was fun since it was her first, but really a 4.5 month old doesn't light up at the sight of a new toy dreaming of all the hours of fun she will have with it.

Plus, we found out we were pregnant mid-December two years ago, and told everyone on Christmas, so it'll always be a special time for us. Wow, that was nearly two years ago already??