*Halloween 2012*

I have been trying to decide what Reese should be for Halloween for months.  I wanted to make her costume but was feeling uninspired until my friend Kayla jokingly mentioned Reese should be a Ghost. (because she says BOO! constantly).

Ding! Ding Ding! Winner! 

I bought a t-shirt, some iron on patches, the toulle, her sandals & her hair bow all at Hobby Lobby.

Made her tutu & shirt in like an hour.  Super easy & it turned out adorable.

Our Halloween festivities began at Midwestern.  Each year they put on a BIG celebration with carnival games, food, blow up toys, spooky walk ways, etc. The best part is that the kids can go trick-or-treating to a ton of the staff/office workers at the school.  They all had their offices decorated & were super nice & excited to see all the kids!  

 Reese wasn't sure about this whole thing.  That bag of m&m's she is holding was the first piece of candy she got.  She wouldn't let go of it nor put it in her bag.  She held onto it through 3-4 buildings.  Jon or I had to put all the other candy into her bag for her because her hands were full.  She had a death grip on both those m&m's and her bag.

 Once she learned what we were doing she was cruisin' down the hallways!

 Lexi * Parker * Reese

The next night we had a ward party & trunk-or-treat.

 Reese & Lexi eating cookies in the gutter. ;)

 I got the last minute idea to dress jon & I up as Ghostbusters.  I thought it would be funny to go along with Reese's ghost costume.  I made these like 2 hours before the party kind of thrown together but you get the gist.  

 

 Trick-or-Treating.  This time, she would approach people & choose her candy.  But only if their candy bowl was visible.   She even would say thank you to most people. 

Then on Monday night we got together with some friends & had dinner in our costumes.  I couldn't resist taking some more pics.  Your welcome Gma.

I couldn't resist a side by side from last year...4 months old!  What a difference a year makes!

 She LOVES this bridge.  She runs across it.  Once she gets to the end, she turns around & goes back the other way.  I have to let her do it several times before we can be on our way. 

 Again...love the palm trees, they make me happy.  It was 80 degrees at 6:00 pm.  (Love that too!)

Even though today is officially Halloween we are done with it this year.  Costumes are packed & put away.  We aren't going trick-or-treating tonight.  Don't tell Reese.