Halloween Adventures

Elise gets to touch the pumpkin, which was very exciting as every day they had been passing the pumpkin sitting on the front porch step. Every time they passed it they would point and touch and babble and they finally got to play with it up close. And standing on a chair was a bonus since they're not allowed to stand on chairs normally.






As you can see, Linnaea is just tickled about these two special events. She's probably more excited about standing on the chair than cutting the pumpkin.








Daddy cuts the face on the pumpkin.





There is lots of cool stuff inside to play with.








Yummy...pumpkin guts.







We're on our way out the door to the Halloween Carnival. They had lots of games to play for older kids, and some fun stuff for little ones, too. Elise and Linnaea got to ride on a mini-roller coaster. The most fun thing Linnaea got to do was hold on to Daisy's leash, a Shar-pei dressed as a sailor that someone had brought.









Elise crawling through the play tunnel at the carnival. And another of her playing with the pumpkin. I just can't get that one to move to the top of the page!









Linnaea as a bumble bee.




Elise as a ladybug.


Ok, so the funny story is that first Grandma Kitty sent us two Halloween costumes of a ladybug and a bumble bee. Then Grandma Sue sent us two Halloween costumes of a ladybug and a bumble bee. So we wore Grandma Kitty's costumes to the Halloween parade at the elementary school. This went quite well even though I took the girls all by myself. One of their friends, who is one month older, was there and dressed as Elvis so they all walked around a little bit. Linnaea had the most fun walking in front of people who were sitting in the bleachers. She would just stop and smile and let them look at her in her cute ladybug costume. Then she lined up with the preschoolers and paraded with them a little bit. She was trying to follow the boy dressed as an airplane. We also went to story hour at the library and trick-or-treating at the courthouse. This was an adventure since the courthouse has lots of steps and Linnaea wanted me to carry her the whole time and Elise was ok walking but was REALLY slow. Afterwards, Linnaea had her first lollipop. I think she was just born knowing how to eat lollipops. And it was quite the scene when I had to take it away from her since she had gotten too close to the tootsie center.







Elise as a bumble bee.






Linnaea the ladybug. She actually enjoys putting the antennae on all by herself.





And the two of them together. Aren't they the cutest little bugs ever?