Twas Halloween Me Maties!

This year, we went Pirate themed!

 

We had the Pirate Captain

 

 The Mermaid Princess

 The Fair Maiden of the Ship

The First Mate and Mermaid Maiden

 And the Parrot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Our Inspiration:

Both Sami and Ally took their costume ideas from Pirate's of the Caribbean's Elizabeth Swann.  Ally went with the prim and proper Miss Swann.  Sami went with the Pirate Elizabeth.

 

 

 

 

More Costume Fun!

 

 

Emmy's Dance Class

 the Annual Neighborhood Party

The theme this year was Literary Favorites.  Mine is "The Scarlet Pimpernel" so I talked Jeremy into dressing up as Sir Percy and I was Lady Marguerite St. Just.  It was so fun!!!

Pumpkin Carving with Friends!

Our Pumpkins this year were special for two reasons: 

1. The girls grew them themselves in our garden over the Summer!

2. We got to carve them with friends! 

 We grew sixteen pumpkins in our garden this Summer.  It was really fun to watch them grow and change as the Fall grew closer.  We ended up with some of all shades and sizes.  None of them very large but many of them cute.  Each of the girls got to pick one to be their jack-o-lantern.  We gutted them at our home and then took them to a friend's home for carving. 

 Too Young to Carve....

 Yummy treats!

 

SUCCESS!!!!

(yes, Sami's was a Harry Potter Pumpkin in honor of the fact that her mom finally let her read the series this Summer.)

Halloween Music Makers

 

Emmy and Kassi love Music Makers!!!

As we geared up for Halloween, we did a special music makers where the kids could wear their costumes!  Emmy wanted to be Tinker Bell and I had forgotten that I found this adorable Bee costume for Kassi last year.  They had so much fun and all the kids looked darling.  October was a particularly fun month with Kassi because she started getting into the actions and movements.  I have been taking her to MM since she was two months old and she finally started getting the hang of it--this day was the FIRST day that she actually used her puppet!!!  She also learned to walk in October, so the movement and dance became a lot more fun!

 Every year in October, my friend, Shannon, pulls out her parachute and we bounce ghosts on it.  Kassi discovered that she LOVES the parachute!  She would squeal with glee every week!

 We Love Music Makers!!!  Especially at Halloween!!!