Little Bat

I love Halloween! I think it comes from having a late October Birthday. When I was a kid my birthday parties were often Halloween themed.

I would pick out what I wanted to be for Halloween early and my talented Mother would sew it for me. Watching her work on my costume everyday for a couple weeks increased the suspense and excitement of dressing up and Trick-or-Treating on Halloween.

Since I love Halloween and it was our first major holiday with the baby I couldn't wait for October 31st. I agonized about what to dress her in for far too long, and when we decided to make her a bat I got a little ambitious with her costume. Once I dialed it back a bit I had a really good time making her first costume (I did not make the cute bib). I am not as talented as my Mom, but Grace looked pretty cute.

 

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was a busy day for the two of us. We carved pumpkins, made Halloween treats, had the missionaries over for dinner, and went to a Halloween party! The only thing we missed were the trick-or-treaters. We didn't get a single dressed up sugar craving child at our door! Sad... but we had a fun night anyway.

Sorry the picture is blurry, but it is the only one of the two of us on Halloween.

I consider Luke a genius when it comes to pumpkin carving. His vomiting pumpkin (from last year) got more compliments and attention than any previous pumpkin had before at my parents house. This year he chose to make a creepy cannibal pumpkin (with little baby pumpkin being eaten for added creepiness). He carved them both in the time it took me carve my little goofy faced pumpkin. What can I say... my husband is a genius.

Here are the pumpkins lit up!

We had a very Happy Halloween! Now we're really looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas! Bring on the Holidays!