HALLOWEEN 2017

November 10, 2017 • HOLIDAYS, MOTHERHOOD

We had so much fun this Halloween. Holidays with double the daughters is definitely double the fun. And this was probably the first Halloween Everly was old enough to truly understand the purpose of the holiday and trick-or-treating, which made it that much better. This also meant it was the first year I didn't get to pick out her costume. It hurt my heart a tiny bit to buy the Jasmine costume Everly spotted at Target. I enjoy buying handmade costumes that no one can buy out of a big box store. Not to mention Everly didn't even know who Jasmine was before that day. But it made her happy and extremely excited, and that's what mattered most. So that's what Momma bought.

And how freakin' adorable is that baby bumblebee?! When she would fall over it looked like a turtle on its back, you couldn't help but laugh.

Unsure of how the weather would be Halloween night we took the girls downtown the Thursday before for the annual "Trail of Treats". There were a TON of kids running around and it was extremely overwhelming for Everly. Absolute madness. She wouldn't let go of my hand. But she kept telling me how much fun she was having and "so excited", so we continued on. The smile on her face was constant and she was so proud of her pumpkin that was full of candy at the end of the night. It was so much fun for me to watch her having such a great night. And if you remember our encounter with Batman from last year, update - we are still terrified of the guy. But not enough to ruin our night like last year, just enough to go really, really far around him, oh and Spiderman too. Girlfriend would not take her eyes off them until we were at a safe enough distance. She wouldn't even take a picture with Snow White! Thank goodness we aren't going to Disney World for our annual Christmas vacation. Maybe next year princesses.

Halloween turned out to be a pretty day, and our Floridian grandparents made a surprise visit to Kentucky. So we packed up the girls and their costumes and went to visit family in our hometown. Both my sisters even made the trip over as well. My aunt and uncle's neighborhood was swarming with kids. Everly had so much fun walking around with my sisters and I. She didn't want to stop. We made a round over a couple of blocks and decided we'd had enough once the sun started going down. Then Everly helped my aunt hand out candy the rest of the night. She had even more fun handing OUT the candy than she did asking for it. She even took pieces out of her own pumpkin to hand out once my aunt started running low. It was the sweetest thing.