Trick Or Treat 50's Style

David has long wanted to dress in a theme for Halloween.  I guess we did the first Halloween after we got married, when I was pregnant with Olivia.  He wore scrubs and I went as a very unsexy nurse.  I hated it.  Not the dressing as a couple part, but the being surrounded by college girls in revealing outfits while I sported a larger than usual pudge in the belly area.  Those days I couldn't wait for a little one of my own to dress up and parade around, and hey lookie, now I have two of them!  And, you know how much I like to dress my girls alike.  This Halloween was a WIN-WIN.

We threw around a lot of ideas as what to dress as this year, but none of them really stuck.  Olivia really wanted to dress as a princess, but since she dresses as a princess daily, I really worked on convincing her to dress as something different for Halloween.  I searched Amazon for costumes and found a couple cute ones for Sydney.  I was particularly fond of this little strawberry.

That little strawberry got me thinking that Olivia could go as Strawberry Shortcake {where I found an adorably expensive outfit on Etsy} and David could go as the Purple Pie Man and I could go as Sour Grapes, but man, those outfits would be hard to pull off.  

So, then I stumbled on a similar costume, but instead of a strawberry, it was a pink poodle.  And, my mind went directly to a 50's family.  The poodle skirts for Olivia and me were found from the Etsy shop, Hip Hop 50's Shop.  I can't say enough good stuff about them.  They were much higher quality than any of the ones found in the costume shops, and much less expensive.  

After I figured out our theme, it was time to move on to our accessories.  I ordered Olivia's glasses from that same Etsy shop and mine from Amazon.  And, I knew exactly what we were going to do for our mode of transportation. 

Dad and I spent over a week working on getting their wagon converted to a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air and I love the way it turned out.  Thanks, Poppy, for all of your help!

And, without further ado, here are the pictures of our 50's family from Halloween night!

We had so much fun and were the hit of the neighborhood.

We're already thinking about what we can be next year!!

Fall Foto Shoot

It is becoming more and more difficult to take a picture of Sydney.  Oh my word, that girl will not stand or sit still.  And, like I said, I'm not that good of a photographer to be able to capture here when she's on the move.  But, I'm trying.

This outfit that she's wearing has probably been my biggest outfit splurge to date.  I bought it for Olivia when she was 18 months old, but I have to say that we are getting our money's worth.  She's worn it multiple times over the past two years and now we've passed it down to Sydney.  {Even though, I think Olivia will still wear it this year because the top still fits.}  Sydney wore it to Olivia's school the day of her costume party and she was a hit!

Look at all of that hair!

Girl on the go!

Special thanks to Liv and Nana for helping me corral Sydney during our little photo shoot.

Let the Pictures Do the Talking

We are nothing if not very good at waiting until the last minute to do things.  As in, we carved our pumpkins yesterday.  On Halloween.  So, you know, it would only be fitting to go to a pumpkin patch on the last day that it is open, but that's exactly what we did.  {And, then we kicked it up a notch by going to another pumpkin patch that morning. Oy.}  It's not that we wanted to wait until the last minute, really.  That's just sort of the way it worked out with everybody's schedule.  Regardless, it was a load of fun at both places and we are glad we waited for Nana and Poppy to be available so they could enjoy it with us.

And now, without further ado....our Pumpkin Patch Pictures!

First up, Mother Nature's Farm.

{And, I'm gonna use the term farm very lightly.  Animals in a gated area does not a farm make!}

What an ass!  ;) 

And, now, pictures from the mother of all pumpkin patches, Schnepf Farms.

{Even though it is 2012}

Sweet girl fell asleep a few minutes before we got there and then slept for just a minute in her stroller.

Last year, she rode Oreo.  This year, she rode Oreo's brother, Apache!

Sydney's first pony ride! {She had Freckles}

She's 1 month younger than Olivia was on her first pony ride.  

You go girl!

Such a brave girl.  She went down the big one too!

The bumblebee ride was too long, so we opted for the planes.

Check out last year's visit here.  

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One drawback to going to the pumpkin patch on the last 

day is that there are only a few pumpkins left.

These girls.  I could not love them more!

I may not get points for dressing them in pumpkin attire, but I should get extra credit for dressing them exactly alike, right down to their pink Converse kicks! {And, hey, watermelon plaid is totally farm attire!}

Love this little lamb.

While we waited for the pig races to start, Sydney walked all over the place.

Olivia got called down to be the cheerleader for the pink pig.  

{He came in last.}

And, to top off the night, Poppy found some marshmallows to roast with Olivia.

I'd say that was a pretty good day {even if we came home with zero pumpkins}.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!

PS - Here's a picture of Olivia and her classmates {yep, only 3 in her class} on costume day.

Caleb as an astronaut.  Oh my word.