We do not "carve" pumpkins yet. But we do decorate them and we decorate LOTS of them. We get pipe cleaners, paint, glue, stickers, pom poms, big pumpkins and small, Towne Center Pumpkins, Chick fil-a pumpkins, and school pumpkins. It is kind of anything goes. Let your imagination roll baby....
Ahliana's school is kind enough to host a carnival every year for Halloween. The teachers volunteer their time and the kids love seeing them and playing their games. We really appreciate all that they do to keep our kiddos happy. We have enjoyed going for 3 years now but this year was special. Ahli was actually able to play the games and when she would see her little friends she would get super excited. They would hug and hold hands... life is so good at this age ... really, really, really good!!
This year Ahliana was a "social" butterfly. Or if you asked her she would tell you that she was a butterfly...If you asked what kind of butterfly she would say a beautiful butterfly. Smart kid!! I had to convince her to wear her tutu with her wings because she kept telling me that she was a butterfly not a ballerina. If I tried to convince her that she was a ballerina butterfly she would just say NO! Lucky for me Aunt Lynn was there when I was getting her ready and was able to help persuade her to wear her tutu. Thank you Aunt Lynn!
Ahliana is right ... she is a Beautiful Butterfly!!!
This was the first year that she would walk up to the door. Last year we had to carry her and she did not really get it. This year she wanted to walk up there all on her own. She would get to the door and then she would say "Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something to eat" {yes, she would leave out the good}. It was really okay that she left out good because she always got "extra" candy just because she was so darn cute when she said it without!! Then as we would start to walk away she would say "but I want to go in mommy". She thought she was going to our neighbors home to get candy and play??
Halloween has become one of my favorite holidays. Not for the spook and the gore... but because it is another day of the year that our family and friends gather around to love my baby girl and the magic that the night brings to her.... and that is some special stuff! It amazes me how much this little bug is loved!
Every night on our way home for the evening she would ask if the pumpkins were awake. We had a few houses on our street that had those blow up pumpkins. So we would drive by really slow. Sometimes we would even stop in front of those houses just so she could laugh and say hello. She was sad to see that they were all taken down the day after Halloween ... they don't play in our neighborhood ....
One of our neighbors really goes all out. This is just a glimpse into his yard. He also has a big blow up pumpkin carriage that is driven by a skeleton man (which is pictured up above). Alot of the characters in this yard are animated he even has a grave yard on the side of his house. Of course Ahliana is not scared she will just tell you that it is the spooky yard. She really is a character...
All the children taking pictures in the spooky yard with my spooky husband and beautiful daughter!
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