Happy Halloween!

We had lots of fun today!  This year instead of going door to door we decided to take the girls to Trunk or Treat at the church where Lily goes to preschool.  I've never done a Trunk or Treat before but really liked this.  The girls had lots of fun and got plenty of candy in the hour we were there.  They were both very shy at first, Lily kept hiding behind Colin and I, and every time I tried to put Hannah down she would wrap her legs around my waist so I couldn't.  Once they started getting candy in their buckets though they were all for it and really enjoyed it.  The people that volunteered to give out candy decorated their cars and the girls loved looking at all the decorations everyone had.  By the time we were done both of their buckets were full and Lily wouldn't even carry hers anymore because she said it was too heavy.  Hannah was a monkey and Lily was Angelina Ballerina, I was so excited that people even knew that Lily was an actual cartoon character and not just a ballerina.  They even had a hay ride that Lily and Lovie went on, Hannah was a little scared because the tractor was kind of loud.

Cutest Monkey Ever!

Lily and Hannah have recently started watching Curious George and are now in love.  I had this great idea that they could be George and the The Man in the Yellow Hat for Halloween.  My wonderful mother in law found this adorable costume for Hannah the other week but unfortunately I think Lily may have her heart set on being Angelina Ballerina instead of being decked out in yellow head to toe.


Isn't she adorable?

Halloween

This is the first year that we actually got Lily (and of course Hannah too) a costume for Halloween and went Trick or Treating. The past two years since Lily was so little still she just had Halloween outfits to wear that day. We still did outfits this year but added the costumes in too.

Hannah sporting her pumpkin outfit on Halloween.

Lily in her Halloween dress I made her, she loves to twirl and miraculously she wore this to school and managed NOT to get paint on it.

Lily in her Princess costume, doesn't every princess wear pink converse with their tutu?

Hannah in her ladybug get up....I couldn't help it, I LOVE ladybugs.

This is why I pay for a photographer

Trying to get a picture of them in their Halloween outfits. This was the best one, I tried outside but Lily wouldn't hold on to Hannah so she kept trying to crawl away. Then I had to bribe Lily with a lollipop and Hannah kept trying to take it.

This is a little sneak peak of their Christmas dresses that "go" together but aren't the same. Hannah's has a big red snowflake on it and Lily's has white snowflakes around the bottom. They are so cute but again won't sit nicely for me. Hannah is looking in this picture but not Lily.

Then Lily is looking in this picture (with some sort of growling look) and Hannah isn't. I don't know why I even try anymore.

Lily's Halloween Dress

I got a fancy new sewing machine last month called a serger and have just been playing around with it using my scraps. I finally decided it was time to make something useful with it so I got out my Halloween fabrics, then went to the fabric store and bought some more Halloween fabric and today I made this dress for Lily. I didn't really use a pattern and pretty much winged it while comparing it to a similar dress I have and it turned out pretty good. I made lots of mistakes and my seam ripper became my best friend but hopefully the next one will be a little easier. I didn't finish until Lily was already in bed for the night so she hasn't gotten to try it on yet but hopefully it fits.