Monday, October 31, 2011

happy halloween

i love holidays. i love having family and friends around, the bustle of getting things ready, and the rush when the party begins.
this year we took the kids trick or treating at spencer's office.
olive got really good at looking at her feet and holding out her bag.
apparently saying "trick or treat" is optional, she got hords of candy anyway.
my dad resurrected the talking scarecrow at our house(the center of my childhood halloweens). he was scaled back a bit due to time constraints, but he was magical, and the kids loved it.
oh, if i could express how much joy that felt faced, yarn haired, newspaper stuffed man brings to my heart...he deserves a blog post all of his own, more to come.


we trick or treated the neighborhood with the next door neighbor kids and a couple of other families. olive followed suit and really got into it with the other kids. running from house to house and actually saying "trick or treat" this time.


she was sooo excited all day until she cried herself to sleep that night begging for more candy.
what have we gotten ourselves into?


the big day in pictures...
harrison the dragon/dinosaur/alligator

olive the cowgirl/pony

7 comments:

Alisa said...

I love that scarecrow too...more pictures please!! Adorable kids...glad you had a Happy Halloween!

Nate and Julie said...

I have heard about that scarecrow so much. Nate dreams of resurrecting it at our house someday as well. Can't wait to see more pictures!

aubry. said...

holy moly, this post makes me squeel. i love those kids! look at all that happiness on olive's face!

i would be there myself if i live on washakie, you know...

robin said...

your house looks KILLER! i want to go there. now.

your kids are beyond cute. i have no words.

MiShelle said...

Super sweet. That Olive looks like a doll. Seriously she's too small to be so pretty. Happy Halloween!

lara said...

hello. cutest kids on the planet.

i miss playing with those two!

how do you change the format of your pictures like that? round edges? i want to knooooooooooooow.

Andi said...

lara,
picnik.com
it's free and it's great.