Halloween!!

Emily chose her Halloween costume back in September this year. She was VERY sure that she wanted to be Darth Vader. I was convinced that we would buy the costume and then she would change her mind, but she never once wavered. So, Darth Vader it was!

Lucky for her, she was actually able to go trick-or-treating this year. At first, we weren't sure because she came down with a fever on Monday that lasted all week. Saturday was the first morning that she woke up without a fever and seemed to be feeling better. The thought of missing Halloween had the poor thing in tears a few days earlier, so I'm glad that it worked out.

With both girls in "scary" costumes this year, it was a far cry from the princess costumes from past years. Fine by me because the weather was not very warm this year and these costumes made it easy for the girls to wear warm clothes underneath.

 As for Emily's pumpkin, She designed the face herself - she seemed very sure of what she wanted and dashed off a picture for me in a flash. I almost got the sense that she had been thinking about it for a long time. Lucky for me, it was a very "doable" design and I think that it turned out pretty well.

As you can tell, at the end of the night we had one tired, but very satisfied little girl. She had managed to get candy, and stuff herself with cotton candy, s'mores, and chocolate. All in all a successful night.