Happy Halloween!

All dressed up and ready to go. Arriving at
our first "Trick or Treat House"
and they weren't even home.


Ariel & Sebastian pose for one last picture
before heading out for some Trick or Treating.

Brendyn as "Sebastian"

Kate as "Ariel"



Halloween2009 was filled with many firsts for our family. This was the first year Kate & Brendyn went "Trick or Treating." We managed to go to 25 houses, which I'll admit was way more than I thought we would ever do.

It was also the first time I got the kids to wear coordinating costumes. Kate dressed up as her favorite Disney Princess Ariel, The Little Mermaid and Brendyn went as Ariel's most responsible sidekick Sebastian. It was a lot of work dressing two kids who were not interested in being in their costumes -- yes, even Kate who loves Ariel more than anything did not want to put on her costume because I was ruining her dress by making her wear a turtleneck underneath it. So finally after 45 minutes of getting them dressed and taking pictures, we load up in the car and then it starts raining...

It was a light drizzle, but we went anyway. I pushed Brendyn in his strollerup a really big hill holding a huge red Travelers Insurance umbrella while Kate ran from house to house and collected an impressive stash of Halloween candy - I have eaten the majority of it already. After spending the day fly fishing on the Chattahoochie River, Daddy and Uncle Matt joined us for the last few houses and then we concluded the evening with dinner at our favorite Mexican Restaurant. Despite the drizzle it was still a great night!