The Gawryk Girls: Happy Halloween!

Ellie and Lia? No....Tinkerbell and the Little Mermaid yesterday! (holding the dolls their costumes were modeled after)

I was thrilled to get Lia into her costume and didn't hesitate to take some pictures Friday, before we left for "Mommy's school" to visit. Ellie, at the same age, wouldn't put her costume on for anything. So....when Lia started tugging at it, and asking for it to be taken off, I wasn't surprised. So, here are the two sillies "practicing" Trick or Treating with daddy right before we left. Lia's now dressed liked an ornery 2 year old! :) (But with really cute legs, no?)

(Mommy's Princess of Patience....fits, yes? ;)

So here's the big night...after much anticipation. It started so quickly, with kids coming pretty early, so we had to hustle it outside. The girls were so excited. Lia donned her outfit eagerly (yay!) and I even put Aurie in her "Flounder" costume (It's Little Mermaid's fish buddy, if you aren't familiar with the name). We munched on our hot dog, chili and cornbread dinner inbetween trick-or-treaters and had fun chatting with the neighbors. Of course all the girls had eyes for was the candy, but were pretty good with eating something solid first :) (Lia thought she was at a buffet with the tray I set up....a little bit of this, a little bite of that.). It was nice out, but got a bit cool after the sun went down, so I was glad I thought of putting long sleeves on the costumes and had a change for Aurie. She loked so cute in both! I felt proud of their costumes...they looked so sweet and sparkly- they received lots of smiles when calling out "trick or treat" in doorways. (My favorite parts were their feet...be sure to catch the pom poms on Ellie and the fins on Lia!) There were a fair amount of houses to visit, within the range of our house- not near as many as when I was a kid. I remember almost every house lit up and a pillowcase full, We did a lot of walking for half a plastic pumpkin full!