Halloween 2016

Halloween is always an exciting time of year, especially with children, es-super-specially with a new baby in the house! 

Gretchen is giving baby Graham some pre-Halloween snuggles

And with that new baby in the house, we were not focused on costumes for the big kids - which is where Costco come to save the day (again!). We rolled into Halloween with an adorable Rainbow Dash (who is a My Little Pony character, which is back from the graveyard of 1980s cartoons) and small, super-buff Batman. They pull off these looks pretty perfectly! 

As with most holidays, there were many Halloween celebrations to be had. The first was the Halloween parade at Alex's preschool. A great event that is as cute as it is hysterical as you watch these tiny people get dressed up, parade around the common room at school, and (about 50% of the time) burst into tears and hysteria at the notion of NOT going home with their parents at the conclusion of the parade. 

Batman played it cool. 

These teacher are saints! So many screamers and she's sporting a 10-point-smile!

And then, there's the main course of Halloween, and our neighborhood makes it a really great night! Here is the (almost) full Trick-or-Treating crew of our little neighborhood. 

For the 3rd Halloween in a row, we were happy to have our friends, James, Lauren and their son join us for the festivities. This super-family fit right into the theme!

I adore these women and the neighborhood that brought us together

Our neighborhood mom-crew!! They make bus stop fun, we save each other in virtually any kind of pinch and some are cool enough to even get dressed up for Halloween! But not me. Having a newborn means that I wear my baby wrap as an accessory but don't have any kind of time to think of a costume. Someday....

So here we are - a family of 5, out enjoying the beautiful, warm weather Octobers that Texas promises us, and swatting mosquitos off of our brand new infant. Happy Halloween!!!