Halloween Bonanza

We started our celebrations off with a trip to the library.

Anyone who showed up in a costume received a free book.

Poodle tongue.

Gra'ma and Abby before the Costume Parade at KK.

The Parade

Abby sucked her thumb the whole time, but she didn't cry!

Abby admiring her cookie.

The Party

Pumpkin Painting

Abby took a Jackson Pollock approach to her pumpkin.

Anne adds the final touches to her Gonzo style pumpkin.

We got "booed" this year and in our bag of goodies was a box of Halloween cupcake mix and icing with sprinkles. We had so much fun "booing" our neighbors.
Anne carried the Boo Bag ie. a bag full of Halloween goodies, to the front porch of our neighbors and then ran back to where Abby and I were waiting in the shadows. Then Daddy rang the doorbell and we all ran like bats out of the hot place.
Anne sprinkles.

Abby sprinkles.

Anne designed the face and I did the carving.

She wanted to make it extra spooky.

I can never get them to look at the camera at the same time.

Halloween Night

Let the fun begin!

Last year we made it to five or six houses total. I was expecting about the same results this year. Boy was I wrong! We spent two hours collecting candy, visiting every house in the neighborhood, and I think Abby would still be at it if we hadn't made her come home. Anne had so much candy that her bag nearly burst!

Tricker Treating is thirsty work

counting the booty

Orange Leaf Happy Hour

Orange leaf yogurt is 25% off btween 3 and 5pm.

YUMMY!

We can all get our own tubs for 4 bucks!

Toddler Fair 2011

We went to Toddler Fair at Abby's preschool last Thursday.

It's one of my favorite events.

They have lots of sweet activities and a picnic lunch afterward.

This was actually the bean bag toss.

Ms. Karen, Abby's teacher.

Livestock Show

Aiden and Abby

Look familiar?

A visit to Great Granny's

Last Monday we went to Great Granny's for a visit. We hadn't been for quite sometime so the girls were very excited! We ate lunch at Kissing Kousins. The food was yummy and they had Anne's favorite, chicken dinosaurs.

Kissing Kousins,
the hot spot in Daingerfield

Somebody was overly excited about getting their chicken fried steak and drove right into the restaurant.

After lunch we went to the Funeral Home to visit Roy Jurdan, my mom's first cousin, and show them where Great Granny lived growing up. Yes she grew up, well from age sixteen, upstairs at the Funeral Home.

This is the chapel where Great Granny got married.

My mom has lots of sweet memories playing with her Ma'ma (Great Granny's mom) at the Funeral Home.

We finished the day at Great Granny's house playing on her neighbors playground and getting thoroughly dirty.
We had a ball!

Bergfeld Park

Driving the bus.

Anne raised up and down this hill so many times I thought I would pass out.

Leaving the park

SEC, SEC, SEC

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The Perfect Costume

We did not buy these costumes,

but we had a lot of fun trying them on.

Anne settled on a giraffe costume and we "tricked" Abby into choosing the pink PRINCESS poodle costume.
Warning:
If you ask Abby what she is going to be for Halloween she says, "Cinderella."
Please don't encourage this fantasy.