Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halloween. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Halloween
I love the creativity involved in choosing a costume for Halloween! Such a fun opportunity to let your style, interests, whimsy fly! Or in our case if you're 2, do what your sister does :-)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Another fall farm!
Fall fun continues :-) We found a new fall farm destination and I think it's my new favorite-so much for the kids to do and so cheap (actually free this time-thanks Shaun and Nana!)
There was an obstacles course and hay maze
A Noah's Ark shaped Playground the kids loved
Trikes
A Hayride :-)
A 9-acre corn maze
Ella was OBSESSED with this 2 story tall slide. She went down probably 50 times!
My lovely friends Jen and Amy
Love this pic Jen took of Ella in the corn kernel pit. Such a fun farm trip!
There was an obstacles course and hay maze
A Noah's Ark shaped Playground the kids loved
Trikes
A Hayride :-)
A 9-acre corn maze
Ella was OBSESSED with this 2 story tall slide. She went down probably 50 times!
My lovely friends Jen and Amy
Love this pic Jen took of Ella in the corn kernel pit. Such a fun farm trip!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Trick-or-Treat!
Ella was really scared of kids costumes last Halloween and I ended up carrying her most of the night when we went trick-or-treating so she'd said she didn't want to go this year. We decided to just dress up and have dinner with the cousins and some friends and then head home when they went out to trick-0r-treat but they talked Ella into it! I am so thankful it was a "redemptive" experience! She saw some "scary guys" and handled herself quite well (Chris and I talked her down and she responded well!). I'm so proud of her!
Pizza first. Ella lapped up her milk and when i asked her why she looked at me totally deadpan and said "because I'm a mouse." It should have been followed with a "duh Mom"
"look at the camera and smile? are you kidding? with all they candy out there to go get? No way!"
To help her face her fears (and because they couldn't keep up with the group of big kids we were with) Amy, Matt, Chris and I followed Ella and Hannah around and told them they should be buddies. They got really into it and stuck together all night. This really helped Ella get over her fears (she wanted to go but at the beginning kept asking us to hold her). By the end they were going up to doors by themselves and telling each other knock-knock jokes as they walked together giggling the whole time and reminding each other to say "thank you" after they got candy. The cuteness of these two Minnies was overwhelming!
The sprinkling rain got heavier as we walked and eventually we headed back to the car. Before heading home we decided to stop by and surprise my parents with their favorite little trick-or-treater :-)
I love my mom's face here! They were thrilled to see Ella all dressed up! A very successful Halloween :-)
Pizza first. Ella lapped up her milk and when i asked her why she looked at me totally deadpan and said "because I'm a mouse." It should have been followed with a "duh Mom"
"look at the camera and smile? are you kidding? with all they candy out there to go get? No way!"
To help her face her fears (and because they couldn't keep up with the group of big kids we were with) Amy, Matt, Chris and I followed Ella and Hannah around and told them they should be buddies. They got really into it and stuck together all night. This really helped Ella get over her fears (she wanted to go but at the beginning kept asking us to hold her). By the end they were going up to doors by themselves and telling each other knock-knock jokes as they walked together giggling the whole time and reminding each other to say "thank you" after they got candy. The cuteness of these two Minnies was overwhelming!
The sprinkling rain got heavier as we walked and eventually we headed back to the car. Before heading home we decided to stop by and surprise my parents with their favorite little trick-or-treater :-)
I love my mom's face here! They were thrilled to see Ella all dressed up! A very successful Halloween :-)
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Halloween 2008!!
I've always loved dressing up for Halloween. I was a rather "proper," somewhat reserved child but I have a latent creative/crazy side. So, growing up I loved that I got to be weird one day a year and it was sanctioned. (Don't worry, I've been through therapy-I'm much more open with my craziness/creativity now :-)) Anyway, I like Halloween mostly because you get to pick and be something else for a day! What a great imagination task for a kid and a chance to express yourself! I love it!
However, how is it that I bought Ella's Halloween costume WAY ahead of time and then ended up racing around at 5pm the DAY before she has to wear a costume buying a new one? Oy. It worked out pretty well but the principle of it is annoying. The problem was we tried on the original costume (an elephant) and it was too small! It was supposed to be for 2-4 year olds!!! BOOOOO! She could have worn it but she also decided she did NOT want to be an elephant and wanted to be a ballerina. I shouldn't be surprised but I thought maybe I had one more year before she converted to totally girly-girl costumes. So, I was at H&M at 5pm because I miraculously remembered that they had some ballerina stuff (which is weird because I don't go there often and they don't have any other costume-y stuff!). But I found what I needed and she tried it all on and she was ADORABLE!!! All pink and sparkly and heart-melting.
Ella got to wear her costume to preschool for a Halloween party
Practicing her "ballerina twirl"
All dressed up with her cousins ready to trick-or-treat!
This is Aunt Amy explaining the (made up on the spot) rule of trick-or-treating
"If you don't say thank you for the candy, you have to give it to your parents and they get to eat it" Hahahaha!!! It worked though! Christopher lost his candy once but learned his lesson quickly!
This is a video of a failed attempt for candy but I thought it was cute anyway :-)
The bad news is that just before we got to this super-decked-out-scary house, Ella saw a kid in a wherewolf costume and got scared. I felt SO bad for her. She barely talked and wanted to be carried the rest of the time :-( She recovered as soon as we got home and she got to play with her grandparents and eat some candy and she slept fine so at least no nightmares about the scary costume. Poor girl!
We might have to stick to church-sponsored Halloween events for a while so scary costumes can be weeded out. Overall, we had a fun time and though it was for a bad reason, I'm always up for extra snuggle time carrying my little girl :-)
However, how is it that I bought Ella's Halloween costume WAY ahead of time and then ended up racing around at 5pm the DAY before she has to wear a costume buying a new one? Oy. It worked out pretty well but the principle of it is annoying. The problem was we tried on the original costume (an elephant) and it was too small! It was supposed to be for 2-4 year olds!!! BOOOOO! She could have worn it but she also decided she did NOT want to be an elephant and wanted to be a ballerina. I shouldn't be surprised but I thought maybe I had one more year before she converted to totally girly-girl costumes. So, I was at H&M at 5pm because I miraculously remembered that they had some ballerina stuff (which is weird because I don't go there often and they don't have any other costume-y stuff!). But I found what I needed and she tried it all on and she was ADORABLE!!! All pink and sparkly and heart-melting.
Ella got to wear her costume to preschool for a Halloween party
Practicing her "ballerina twirl"
All dressed up with her cousins ready to trick-or-treat!
This is Aunt Amy explaining the (made up on the spot) rule of trick-or-treating
"If you don't say thank you for the candy, you have to give it to your parents and they get to eat it" Hahahaha!!! It worked though! Christopher lost his candy once but learned his lesson quickly!
This is a video of a failed attempt for candy but I thought it was cute anyway :-)
The bad news is that just before we got to this super-decked-out-scary house, Ella saw a kid in a wherewolf costume and got scared. I felt SO bad for her. She barely talked and wanted to be carried the rest of the time :-( She recovered as soon as we got home and she got to play with her grandparents and eat some candy and she slept fine so at least no nightmares about the scary costume. Poor girl!
We might have to stick to church-sponsored Halloween events for a while so scary costumes can be weeded out. Overall, we had a fun time and though it was for a bad reason, I'm always up for extra snuggle time carrying my little girl :-)
Friday, November 2, 2007
Halloween!
Halloween was so much fun! It's one of my favorite holidays because as the bookish, preppy, straight-laced type of child, it was the one time a let myself be really creative. The only time of year you get to dress up as something else-SO much fun and a highlight of my childhood. So, Ella gets the whole shabang-we went to Larriland in the morning for a corn maze, a hayride, pumpkin picking and then trick-or-treating that night. The only Halloween joy she didn't get to experience was eating candy. She had so much fun learning to say "trick-or-treat" and holding out her basket, then saying "thank you" and has NO IDEA that candy is food. The basket has been sitting here for days and she still doesn't know you can eat the stuff in it. She LOVES chocolate so once we clue her in she'll be obsessed so I'm holding off and enjoying this phase that surely won't last long. Here are some pics!!
Playing in the Pumpkins
An attempt at a group pic of all the kids (think we'll have to wait a few years for that to turn out well)
Holly and Ladybug Hope!
Ella was a Giraffe!!
We already had orange pumpkins at home so Ella picked green ones this time
Hard to explain but this cocked-head look is very "Ella"
Nana and Ella singing songs on the hayride
Ella trick-or-treating with Daddy and Raleigh
We went trick-or-treating with a bunch of friends in Lexi's neighborhood. It was the perfect toddler-friendly street: a cul-de-sac and lots of friendly neighbors out on their porches. Lots of fun!!
Playing in the Pumpkins
An attempt at a group pic of all the kids (think we'll have to wait a few years for that to turn out well)
Holly and Ladybug Hope!
Ella was a Giraffe!!
We already had orange pumpkins at home so Ella picked green ones this time
Hard to explain but this cocked-head look is very "Ella"
Nana and Ella singing songs on the hayride
Ella trick-or-treating with Daddy and Raleigh
We went trick-or-treating with a bunch of friends in Lexi's neighborhood. It was the perfect toddler-friendly street: a cul-de-sac and lots of friendly neighbors out on their porches. Lots of fun!!
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