HAYNES OUR WAY: Happy Halloween

I always ask my kids what they want to be for Halloween. I think it's cute when siblings dress alike with a theme, but I also love letting them pick something they really want to be. I'm usually pleasantly surprised by what they pick. This year I asked The Bear first and she instantly blurted out "Minnie Mouse!". I would have never thought about Minnie Mouse, but she was so excited about her idea. Curly went through a few choices and finally decided she wanted to be Pinkalicous. If you have no idea who Pinkalicous is you obviously do not have a little girl. This costume was completely and totally perfect for my pink obsessed girly girl.

We had a super fun Halloween. It started on Friday when we attended a fun Halloween party at my friend Eva's. She throws such fun kid parties. There were many games, prizes, lots of festive foods and a ton of adorably costumed kids. Friday night we carved our family pumpkin. Well actually Daddy and Curly carved the big pumpkin. The Bear painted the little pumpkins and I supervised and took pictures. Saturday Daddy was in school all day (BOO!) so the girls and I met some of our best friends at a local mall and had a fun morning riding the mall train, playing on the playground, story time at the Disney Story and lunch at Chick Fil A (of course). For church on Sunday, Curly wore her soccer uniform. It was "team" day at church so kids were encouraged to wear their Upward uniform if they played a sport at church. Sunday afternoon we attended the fall festival at Curly's preschool. We had a great time with friends and Curly's teachers. After the festival we headed home for dinner and then trick or treating around the neighborhood. The Bear only made it to a few homes before she had hit her limit. She and daddy headed home to hand out candy while Curly and I finished the neighborhood.