Night at the Booseum

Friday night I took the girls to the McKinley Museum for their annual Halloween event. It was a lot of fun! The kids were able to trick or treat throughout the museum while checking out the exhibits. They also had a scavenger hunt and several crafts the kids could participate in. We ran into Lindsey, Giovanni, Nikki and Antonio. Erin loved that her cousin was there and walked around with him holding his hand. It's so cute to see how close the two of them are. The girls decided to go through their closets and pick out a different Halloween costumes for the Booseum. Erin was a princess and kept calling Vanni her king. We all had a lot of fun will probably go again next year.

Whose Face is That?

The girls exhibit many of the same facial expressions as their beloved Aunt Angie, but this is definitely an Uncle Matt face!

Pumpkin Fun

We finally got a chance to carve our pumpkins and finish decorating our house for Halloween (although Canton City's Trick or Treat has already passed). Not a ton of decorations but cute none the less. The lighted spider web is new. Sammie helped me hang it and decided where to put the spiders on. Erin looked at it when we were lighting the pumpkins and said she was freaking out over the spiders! She's really had a thing with spiders this year. There's always a spider hiding somewhere or chasing her around the house.

All in Row

This is what Erin was doing while she was waiting for trick-or-treat to start. She was too excited to sleep so she started playing with all of the baby dolls in her toy box. After driving them all around in her car (the landing), she stated lining them up. We never figured out why, but it was cute none the less!

Pumpkin Cake

This is the cake I made for Jill and Brett's party Saturday evening. I actually made the cake from scratch instead of a box! ;) It turned out really cute (and yummy) so I think I'm going to make one for Thanksgiving as well.

Trick-or-Treat Take 1

Sammie was a midnight fairy

My little pink dinosaur

Making scary faces!

Sammie was such a good big sister helping Erin with all of the stairs.

Our poor wagon gets the most mileage during trick-or-treat!

The girls were looking forward to trick-or-treat all week. This is the first year Erin really understood what was going on and would walk up to a house on her own. Her face lit up when I first told her what was going to happen and she was excited after each house, showing us what she had gotten. Sammie was trying to collect as many Reese's Cups as she could. I think she almost made it to 10. They are now in practice for Saturday's trick-or-treat in grandma-great's neighborhood!

Sammie's First Dance in Costume

Sammie preformed with the intermediate dance group for the first time Friday night at St. George's Oktoberfest. It was so exciting to help her get dressed in her costume for the first time! I was fighting the tears as I watched her take the dance floor. She's growing up so fast and we are so proud of her! After her performance she ate a quick dinner and then joined some of the members of the senior dance group to dance for fun! Proof that she really does love to dance!