Halloween

We had a pretty fun Halloween. That morning J.T. watched the girls so that I could go to a holiday bazaar here on post with Jen and Tina. I was able to do a little Christmas/birthday shopping and have a fun morning out.

After lunch I took the older girls to a movie. We saw "Aliens in the Attic." I guess I had not payed too much attention to the commercials because I thought it was a "cute little aliens causing mischief" movie, not a " we're here to take over your planet and kill you all" movie. I was a little worried that it would traumatize Ava, but it turned out to not be as vicious as it started out to be. The girls loved it and the afternoon was a success.

After the movie it was time to head home and start dinner and costuming.

For dinner we dined on jack-o-lantern brains (thanks for the idea, Kate) with a side of sludge (which was actually a spinach, OJ, pineapple, mango, and guava smoothie). The jack -o-lantern brains were spaghetti stuffed bell peppers with faces carved into them. Dinner was a fun attempt to get some nutrition in before the sugar fest began.

Here's my adorable girls all ready for a night of fun! Aria had a cold and was attached to her bottle. (Which was conveniently spiked with Ibuprofen and Musinex.) After the "special bottle" took affect and Aria realized that each door she went to gave her more candy, she perked up pretty quick.

This guy really freaked her out,

but not enough to keep her from taking his candy.

Trick-or-Treat!!

We had a fun night out with the Shutes and the Renauds!

Minnie mouse kicked off her shoes as soon as she got in the door and dug into her loot!

Cinderella enjoying her first sugar of the night.

We walked down about four streets but weren't so lucky at finding many people at home. It actually worked out nicely. The kids got candy but not enough to make us and them sick from it. Well, that was at least the case until Kassy let it leak to Papa that they didn't get a lot. Let's just say that there's an insane amount of candy on its way to Texas from Georgia.