Halloween

We had a really fun halloween this year. We worked around the house until mid afternoon and then took Goose to the old town trick or treat. Its nice that all those shops are so family friendly.

We had a lot of fun carving pumpkins, although finding time to do it this year was almost impossible. I went to westwood discount and found these carving patterns and tools for something like 79 cents. It was a new experience, and they all turned out really cute. Goose did the alien (thanks to help from dad), Ben the headless horseman, and myself the tree. Then there was an activity days daddy/daughter activity with a prize for what we thought was the best daddy/daughter costumes. Since Goose was a rodeo cowgirl, Ben had the option of being a horse, robber, inian, or as a joke, I suggested a barrel. Can you tell what he decided to be??? Yes. The barrel. Thanks to Courtney for letting us borrow hula hoops, we were able to use brown sheets and vinyl to do the rest. He was pretty creepy with the brown face paint though!

We, well... ok I, decided that the dogs needed costumes too. We were babysitting Sadie, so she and pep got spray painted pretty green. I tried to mohawk Sadie, but her fur didn't cooperate. They were so cute. Its too bad the paint wore off so quickly. It is a good thing that Sadie's mommy and daddy have a great sense of humor and laughed instead of getting mad that we had fun with their dog while babysitting her.

Here's my rodeo cowgirl. Thanks to the Duffins for letting us borrow things so she could be "authentic". She was so cute, and SUCH a ham! (If you can't tell by the photos)

Getting her to smile was a chore, though, cause she says that cowgirls are tough and don't smile. Silly girl.

We had a ton of fun and it will be interesting to see what she wants to be next year. Lets hope it goes kinda slow! The years are passing WAY too fast for me at the moment and soon she won't let us take her trick or treating around the neighborhood, but will want to go hang out with her friends.