trick-or-treat...

we ended our halloween with some good ole fashion trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. it was really fun and the kids LOVED it!! b and pop came over to see the kids in their costumes (sorry no pic of that). they even walked to a few houses with us! o and j were really into going up to the houses "all by themselves", ringing the doorbell and of course saying those magic words "trick or treat."
the smiles on their faces when they would come running back down the sidewalk was priceless.
jack didn't last long, maybe 5 houses. he was tired and had had enough of his costume. he went back home to help mark pass out candy while olivia and i continued walking around the neighborhood. it was just the two of us and we had a really great time. of course there were other packs of kids walking around and every now and then we would get in one of those, but it was really nice to just walk and talk and go where ever we wanted.

o loved this inflatable decoration. one of the last houses we went to.

i am not generally a huge fan of halloween. i could do without the scary stuff and of course the massive amounts of candy that i have to secretly get rid of in the days following, but this year i truly enjoyed it. i loved walking hand in hand with my precious 4 year old (almost 5 year old) through our neighborhood and experiencing this silly holiday through her eyes.

the pumpkin bash...

at our church was a family affair and so much fun!! the kids got all dressed up in their costumes once again.
i decorated our car in all our baylor garb to participate in the 'trunk or treat' part of the event. even i got tired of hearing "that good ole baylor line" and the fight song that was blaring from our car. :0)
mark was the photographer and daddy extraordinaire!! he took the kids around as they loaded up their buckets with candy, petted the animals at the petting zoo, and played some games.
we were also lucky enough to have our "support staff" on hand- chrissie and nana. we loved having them there too to share in the fun and chaos.

we were all hot and tired, but that was not end of our halloween...