Halloween 2013

I think this will be known as one of those Halloween's where it rained....all day long. But that didn't stop us from having fun. :)  The day started out with the girls wearing "orange" for their spirit week at daycare. I signed up to send Camryn with a special treat for her little Wobbler's class - pumpkin applesauce muffins, a bunch of cut up berries and grapes, and some sliced cheese. It was hard to think about what to send for a little class full of people who might only have one or 2 teeth! :D  When they got home, they each had a Halloween card from their Great Grandma Betty. They walked around with their VERY cute cards for quite a while! 

Now a little note about the costumes. This Halloween we were supposed to have a little ladybug and a little kitty. When asked over and over again, "Taylor, what do you want to be?", she would say, "I want to be a kitty". The costume she wore last year was a kitty, but it wouldn't fit her this year, so we had to get her a different kitty costume. And in order to not get a costume that was a ballerina kitty or a sexy kitty or a glamour kitty, we had to order one online...and pay for expedited shipping.

Wouldn't you know, Halloween comes around tonight and she refused to wear it. Oiy. With all the battles that go along with parenting a 3-year-old, this was one battle that I was not going to fight.

So instead, Taylor decided she wanted to wear her Rudolph pajamas and carry her Rudolph stuffed animal with her. I couldn't even get her to wear a Santa hat we had, so she was just sort of a make-shift Rudolph-loving toddler...for Halloween. :) She is truly a girl after my own heart. :)

We ended up going around our new neighborhood, meeting new neighbors and kids, and staying somewhat dry, despite the on and off rain. Camryn loved it, too. It was our first time really taking Taylor out trick-or-treating (she is finally old enough to "get" it), and the girls had a lot of fun! 

Despite the weather, and everything not going quite as planned with costumes, it was a good holiday. But, really, the best part of Halloween is when it is over - so we can start looking forward to the Thanksgiving/Christmas season. :)