Halloween 2010

The girls right before leaving for our ward's Trunk or Treat party on Friday night (minus the 3 week-old baby, who stayed home with Daddy.) They had so much fun at the party! They got to jump in a bouncy thing, play musical chairs, eat Halloween cupcakes, and of course fill up their buckets with candy.

They got to dress up again on Saturday night to go trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. They were thrilled to dress up again and they of course loved getting more candy and some squishy frogs and spider rings across the street. Avery was a Snow Queen. It was funny because when people would say something about her "princess" costume, she would make sure to tell them she was actually a "queen."

Hayden was a Tiger. She looked so cute and was so excited to wear her ears and tail. Don't be fooled by her cuteness though - she was growling and trying to scare everyone she saw at the ward party. Apparently she wanted to be a Scary Tiger! And, yes, that is her white underwear showing through her tights - oh well!

Kiley was actually wearing a butterfly outfit, but threw a huge tantrum when we tried to put the wings on her. She didn't want to have anything to do with them, so she ended up looking more like a ballerina. Although she joined in with Hayden in growling at everyone and trying to be scary, so I'm not exactly sure what she was. She loved trick-or-treating though and at least kept the rest of her costume on! And I am very happy to say that as of the last few days, she is now out of diapers!! Hooray for pottytraining - actually, I should say, "Hooray that we made it through the first week of potty training and that we are down to only one accident per day!"

Despite Halloween falling on a Sunday, the girls had a great time and I have to admit that I ended up eating way more candy than any of them! Next year, I will have to buy the yucky stuff so I am not tempted to eat it. Things are going well here though. Jaylyn will be 6 weeks old on Friday and I promised myself I would take more pictures of her this week. Isn't it funny that we take a zillion pictures of our first babies, and then after the 2nd or 3rd (or 4th), we realize they are almost 2 months old and there are only a few photos to document the beginning of their lives? I really need to pull out my camera more! Anyway, Jaylyn has been sleeping 5-6 hours at night and going back to sleep after eating - yippee! I am feeling much more like a normal person now and don't feel like a zombie throughout the whole day. She has calmed down a lot over the last week and is not as fussy as she was for the first 4 weeks. It seemed like whenever she was awake she was crying, but thankfully things have gotten better. Jaylyn is so sweet and we all love her to pieces here. There is just something so special about a newborn baby, and no matter how much they cry or how late you're up with them at night, they still have a way of melting your heart.