A Scary Halloween

 Here are our pink and purple butterflies ready to take on Blenheim! Of course, I couldn't get a decent smile out of Addie for our official Halloween photographs so I had to bribe her with a piece of candy...and this is what I got! Very natural. :)

 

The Bakers were nice to host our neighborhood party again this year so we headed down the road for the pizza party...where the first scary thing happened on Halloween night. Addie spotted a dog! Her dog phobia is a bit out of control these days, and that spooked her enough to ruin her mood for the party.

I had to hold her the rest of the time, and then she spotted some guy dressed as a headless monster and that did her in. Poor thing clung to me in fright and screamed her head off...we really need to work on her party/social skills! From then on, she just asked to go home so eventually I gave up and did.

  Brian and Collins stayed for the hayride and neighborhood group shot.

Her face said it all...

and what didn't help things was when we got home, we discovered we had been the victims of a candy theft! Two older boys dressed in camo were leaving our house when we got there, and I had a sneaking suspicion that they had taken more than their fair share of candy. When I asked them if they had cleaned us out, they said, "No, it was the boys in front of us". Right...by 6:10 p.m. (not even dark yet), we had been robbed of all our candy. We were so mad! The girls and I said we hoped they got a tummy ache and the "throw ups".

 Then after all the drama, it was finally time for trick-or-treating. You can see Collins was rather into it...

 

Addie not so much at first, she needed Brian's help. And every house we came to, she would ask, "Do they have a dog?" She was scared, but eventually she let the dog fear go and had a good time going door-to-door with her sister. By the end of our rounds, she was having a great time and saying hilarious things.

 The girls were most excited to go to 1117 Blenheim Drive and you can guess why...

they knew that house had a Gigi and special treats!

We were some of the last Blenheim people out Halloween night believe it or not. The girls stayed up till 8:30 p.m. and had a fabulous time. It was perfect Halloween weather and once we got in the rhythm of trick-or-treating, it was hard to stop! Although the holiday started out a little scary (Addie's mood, the dogs, the candy thief, the headless monster), it finished up strong (and sweet- those girls ate WAY too much candy)!