The girls had such a fun Halloween this year! I waited until about a week and a half before Halloween (as usual) to figure out what they would dress up as, but we got it all figured out and everyone was super excited about their costumes!
Not a single one was looking at me for this picture, but I thought it was cute!
Emily's had this Clemson cheerleading outfit for a while now, but has never worn it for Halloween. When I mentioned it she was excited about it, but asked if she could get pom-poms to go with it. I had to drive down to Woodruff Road (crazy busy road in Greenville) to find them, but I made it happen! Bert painted the Clemson paw on her face and did a great job! He threatened to paint a red Georgia "G" instead of a Clemson paw, but I think she knew he was all talk. :)
Go Tigers!
Claire loved her ladybug costume. There are black wings on the back that you can't see in the picture, but every time she's worn the outfit she runs around saying "I can fly, I can fly!!"
A lady in our church gave me a costume (unopened) last November that her daughter didn't end up wearing. I thanked her and put it up in the top my closet and forgot about it. When I was trying to figure out what they would wear about a week ago I remembered this and tracked it down. I really didn't think Hannah would be excited about being Bat-Girl because we're not too into superheroes, but I thought I'd mention it and see before we bought something else. I'm definitely glad I checked because I couldn't have been more wrong. She was SO excited! She especially loved the cape and mask. It was a fun Halloween for her!!
This strawberry outfit has been worn by Hannah, then Claire and now Abby all when they were about 18 months. I really love it and I guess I need to get rid of it, but I'm a little sad to see it go.
Abby was not excited about the hood at first, but eventually got used to it.
Baby costumes are THE cutest! I loved all the baby lions and bears and tigers that I saw this year. SO SO cute!!
Our church's second annual Trunk-or-Treat was Halloween night and it was really fun!! So many families in our church go all out in decorating their cars and getting dressed up and it makes it really fun for the kids!
The kids and me after we got there and were about to get started "trick-or-treating":
Bert was busy talking to visitors, but I had a friend, Katie, who offered to walk around with me to help me keep up with the kids. They were a little excited and kept darting off to different places.
A fireman that goes to our church brought a fireturck and let the kids climb in it, take a picture and get candy from his boot. Big hit!
One girl had a "Barbie" themed car and made this cute box so that the kids could take a picture as a Barbie! Isn't that such a cute idea?!
Hannah loved that she and her friend, Anna Clare, were dressed in the same outfit!
One family built this front-porch (!) instead of decorating their trunk. If I were giving out a prize for best trunk I would have to give it to them. They definitely put in the most time and it looked awesome!
A few of the other trunks!
Abby and her friend, Hunter! Cuties!
We had such a great turn out! We had free hot dogs, chips and drinks for everyone too. We had 350 hotdogs made and we ran out of them after the first hour! We had so so many people from the community and we loved having the opportunity to chat with them and love on them even if it's just for a little bit.
The girls and I left at about 7:40 and I let them trick-or-treat at about 5 houses in our neighborhood before we headed in for the night. Claire asked me when we got home if we could have Halloween again tomorrow. Ha!
