Halloween is one of those funny holidays that I of course loved as a child getting all the free candy and even in college dressing up and going out but as I have gotten older haven't been as into dressing up. But now that we have a little one, it is so much fun again. Last year, we had a little pumpkin who slept through most of Halloween...
But this year, the little pumpkin
transformed into a butterfly!
We did a little dress rehearsal on Thursday night because I didn't know if she would keep on the costume,
particularly the head piece but she didn't seem to mind it at all!
We have also really gotten into carving elaborate pumpkins and on Friday night, our neighbors Tracey and Adam came over and carved with us. We all had a blast carving and I think they turned out pretty well.
Mike got really into his Jolly Roger pirate pumpkin and he definitely won the top prize!
Saturday was a busy day for us! I got up early and ran a 5k race with my old friend from college and then Ella and Mike came up to see me finish. Unfortunately, Mike had his hands full with Ella so no pictures but then we raced home for our neighborhood's annual costume parade. We caught the tail end of it but our little butterfly had a blast checking out all the kids from her car.
Later that night, a bunch of our friends got together and had an 80's themed murder mystery party. More pics to come from that later but it was a wild and fun night!! This actually was not our pumpkin but I saw it yesterday in our
neighborhood while we were out for a walk so I had to snap a quick pic. Maybe we will add that to our pumpkin collection in the future! I mean Ella has everything else with her name on it, why not a pumpkin??
Finally, Halloween! Our
neighborhood friends had a party for everyone in the afternoon before trick or treating. It is amazing to see how many kids there are now and how it keeps growing and growing. Ella actually sat at the craft table and attempted to color for a little bit. Let's just say, we aren't
quite sure she has the same artistic talents of her
DeeDee just yet.
The little butterfly with her Daddy! She was attached to Mike most of the weekend. She definitely has her Dad wrapped around her tiny little finger!
And she has pretty closely wrapped around the other finger also. I mean how can resist her in that outfit??
All the cute kiddos in their costumes! The most popular costumer of the group was a dog, there were 4 or 5 kids dressed up as different dogs! Fortunately, the camera is no zoomed in because you would see Ella sitting in Kayla's lap screaming her head off! Oh yes, she was definitely that kid that didn't want to sit for the pictures. Oh well, I guess there is always one!
The adorable Fancy Nancy and blue with green spots dog that came trick or treating to our door!
Ella even got to do some trick or treating of her own. She wasn't sure if she should take some at first and looked back at me but then she dug right in! I think snickers are her favorite!
We finally came home and waited for some more trick or
treaters at our house and Ella got into the action and even gave out the candy. At one point, she even tried to give Kayla and Allie the entire bowl of candy! I wished she had because we hardly had any trick or
treaters and now I am left with tons of candy, uh oh.
What a busy but fun weekend. I am already excited thinking about next year when Ella will really be able to trick or treat! Our little butterfly sends lots of Halloween love to all of you!
But this year, the little pumpkin transformed into a butterfly! 
We did a little dress rehearsal on Thursday night because I didn't know if she would keep on the costume, particularly the head piece but she didn't seem to mind it at all! 
We have also really gotten into carving elaborate pumpkins and on Friday night, our neighbors Tracey and Adam came over and carved with us. We all had a blast carving and I think they turned out pretty well. 
Mike got really into his Jolly Roger pirate pumpkin and he definitely won the top prize! 
Saturday was a busy day for us! I got up early and ran a 5k race with my old friend from college and then Ella and Mike came up to see me finish. Unfortunately, Mike had his hands full with Ella so no pictures but then we raced home for our neighborhood's annual costume parade. We caught the tail end of it but our little butterfly had a blast checking out all the kids from her car. 
Later that night, a bunch of our friends got together and had an 80's themed murder mystery party. More pics to come from that later but it was a wild and fun night!! This actually was not our pumpkin but I saw it yesterday in our neighborhood while we were out for a walk so I had to snap a quick pic. Maybe we will add that to our pumpkin collection in the future! I mean Ella has everything else with her name on it, why not a pumpkin?? 
Finally, Halloween! Our neighborhood friends had a party for everyone in the afternoon before trick or treating. It is amazing to see how many kids there are now and how it keeps growing and growing. Ella actually sat at the craft table and attempted to color for a little bit. Let's just say, we aren't quite sure she has the same artistic talents of her DeeDee just yet. 
The little butterfly with her Daddy! She was attached to Mike most of the weekend. She definitely has her Dad wrapped around her tiny little finger! 
And she has pretty closely wrapped around the other finger also. I mean how can resist her in that outfit?? 
All the cute kiddos in their costumes! The most popular costumer of the group was a dog, there were 4 or 5 kids dressed up as different dogs! Fortunately, the camera is no zoomed in because you would see Ella sitting in Kayla's lap screaming her head off! Oh yes, she was definitely that kid that didn't want to sit for the pictures. Oh well, I guess there is always one! 
The adorable Fancy Nancy and blue with green spots dog that came trick or treating to our door! 
Ella even got to do some trick or treating of her own. She wasn't sure if she should take some at first and looked back at me but then she dug right in! I think snickers are her favorite! 
We finally came home and waited for some more trick or treaters at our house and Ella got into the action and even gave out the candy. At one point, she even tried to give Kayla and Allie the entire bowl of candy! I wished she had because we hardly had any trick or treaters and now I am left with tons of candy, uh oh. 
What a busy but fun weekend. I am already excited thinking about next year when Ella will really be able to trick or treat! Our little butterfly sends lots of Halloween love to all of you!
I definitely think Ella should bring her Butterfly costume to Seabrook so Cool Cuz Ry can take pics of her in that cute little outfit on the beach! She's a stinker!
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