Halloween 2011

Halloween was long this year! Grand Forks celebrates Halloween for two weeks and there was a lot to do this year! Lilly wore three different costumes for the various parties: the bumblebee, Cinderella and a pirate. The day of Halloween we had our friends over and the parents and kids went trick-or-treating along our street and then came back for pizza. Lilly loved trick-or-treating. She ran from door to door, was always the first in the group to be there and she happily cried "Trick-or-Treat!" and said thank you. I was on candy duty and counted 162 trick-or-treaters. The kids started trick-or-treating around 6 and were back by 7pm. We ended the night by visiting Grandpa Ron and Grandma Dana on the other side of town. Lilly is already looking forward next year but is heartbroken that the squirrels keep nibbling at our pumpkins. She is finding comfort in Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

a week before halloween, attended the Black Cat Bash hosted by Alpha Phi

local radio station djs wanted a picture w/the Bug (helps that I know the DJ)

Nelson's Pumpkin Patch visit w/the MOPS group

snack time at the pumpkin patch w/her buddy Ella

choosing a pumpkin at Nelson's Pumpkin Patch

costume day at Ballet class

cleaning out the pumpkins with Dad

Halloween Brunch @ the Club w/Cole, Ella, Emsley and Myles

Half-Pint Haunt at the Myra Museum w/Myles

Brian's pumpkins

Lilly anxiously awaiting for her buds to get to the house

Myles and Lilly looking for trick or treaters so they can help give out candy

Lilly and our neighbor Katherine

Grandpa Ron is SUPER talented at carving pumpkins

We ended the night visiting Grandma and Grandpa