Happy Halloween!

By Halloween we were just about trick or treated out...or maybe that was just us parents. We once again participated in our church's Trunk or Treat event. The girls did a great job handing out mini cupcakes we made to share.

Our small group's "trunk" was sports themed. The kids could kick a soccer ball, throw a football, and try and make a basket. It kept us very busy. Titus loved trying to chase the ball around. He was a full time job to keep track of. After the girls ran out of cupcakes Jeremy took them around parking lot. Their favorite was the clown trunk where they got balloon animals.
Eating a "big boy" hot dog in a bun out of necessity. Unfortunately he was the only one who got a hot dog because they ran out before the rest of our family made it back to the snack booth. So, the girls and I enjoyed a bag of popcorn for our dinner instead.
Here are the girls all ready for school in their orange and black on Halloween morning.
It was a fun filled five days of costumes and candy and I'm grateful to move on to Thanksgiving.

Teacher Treat & 1st Halloween Party

One of the neat events Grace's school has is called "Teacher Treat." It is in the evening and kids can dress up and trick or treat to the different classrooms. Most of the teachers are wearing a costume or something festive. Here is an impromptu picture in the hallway when we ran into some of Grace's classmates.

Grace's Teacher Mrs. Pritchett
My sweet Monkey, Minnie Mouse, & Pippi Longstocking
Headed home with all their treats.
I got to help with Grace's Halloween Party. It was at 2:30 on Friday and it went super fast. We started by playing a game where two teams searched for the letters to "Happy Halloween." Grace's team won.
After that we started in on treats and a craft. This is Grace's table: Grace, Ruthie, Allie, & Nivea.
They had a TON of treats, cookies, cupcakes, candy, and goody bags.
Grace's class in their silly glasses they won at their "prize" from the game.
The time really flew. It was so fast I didn't get a ton of pictures. It was fun getting to know more of the kids in her class and meet a few moms too.

My New Favorite 4 Year Old

Faith's birthday fell on a Wednesday this year so we had cupcakes and opened presents before scooting off to Family Quest. She loves FQ so she didn't seem to mind sharing her birthday night.

I used left over frosting to make just a few cupcakes after all the sweets we had over the weekend for her big Pinkalicious Party. (photos coming soon...)

Grace had picked a book Faith already received for her sister's gift so I took her to WalMart and let her choose a new gift. Wow, that took a lot longer than planned. She was very indecisive. I finaly boosted our budget a bit and let her pick out this Pinkalicious doll. I was having a bit of guilt over spending the extra $10, but this picture and the joy Grace got from her sister adoring her gift made it worth it.

We got Faith the first 8 books from the Magic Treehouse series on cd. As you can see from the picture she was little uncertain about these at first. But, the girls have been listening to them before they go to bed and I'm not sure who is loving it more us or them. It has made bedtime go much smoother. I definitely see more books on cd in their Christmas future.
Did I mention she LOVED the doll? ;)
She insisted she have a number 4 candle. Apparently it looked very yummy to Titus because I found it later with a big bite out of it.
Faith,

You are growing up before our eyes. You are such our girlie girl. We treasure you and see many great ways the Lord can use you as you grow. You have become much braver to pray at dinnertime and I enjoy hearing the list of many things you are thankful for. We pray that you will come to love Jesus with all your heart and that he will use your life in a mighty way. We love your our precious princess.

Daddy & Mama