Happy Halloween

Dear Ava, HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! If you haven't figured it out yet, you will soon...mama LOVES Halloween! Maybe a little too much. This year was extra fun. I think Halloween is probably the most fun when you are between the ages of 4 and 8 :-) This year you were a cowgirl and I must say, for being a thrown-together-with-stuff-from-home type costume it was awesome! Here's a picture...

Super cute. We started the day with your kindergarten class party. It was of course a blast! There were tables lined up in the gym to trick-or-treat at and you got tons of goodies (my favorite was the new toothbrush!). In your classroom we had snacks and played games like pin the nose on the pumpkin and balancing marshmallow ghosts on spoons. You decided that you didn't want to play any of the games because you were "a big girl" and really should help me and the other moms. Oy vey girlfriend! After games you kids decorated mini gourds from Mrs. Psycher. It was only a half day of school which was nice cause you and I got to come home and watch some fun Halloween movies (Twitches & Halloweentown)! Later this afternoon we carved jack-o-lanterns. You made a really cute pumpkin face and I made Frankenstein. Here they are...

You also did a little visiting with assorted family in the early evening instead of "real" trick-or-treating. After all that excitement you were asking to go to bed at 8pm :-) I hope you had a wonderful Halloween! I know I did. It was one of the best I can remember because I got to share the whole day and all the festivities with you <3 Love, Mama