Happy Halloween WEEK!!!

TRICK OR TREAT!

Cinderella, Her Pumpkin & The Fairy God-Mother:

TRICK-or-TREATing with friends...

Amelia's first experience at Trick-or-Treating... SO DANG CUTE!!! She LOVED it...

First off, MILLY LEARNED: PUMPKIN BUCKET=CANDY!!!- Her favorite thing in all this world! She did NOT let go of this pumpkin all night, and would scream if you tried to touch it.
She held my hand to walk & at the door would hold out her bucket, saying "hi, hi"! When a bowl of candy was held out, she learned quick that all it took was to grab the candy & put it in her bucket as fast as she could till I stopped her!
What an awesome new concept for a kid: I hold out this bucket & I get TREATS?... At EVERY door I KNOCK ON???

She discovered that if she got started on a box of Nerds, she could actually EAT through 1/2 the box & suck the Nerds OUT... lets just say, she LITERALLY ATE 3 boxes of NERDS!!!

Princess friends going Door to Door: 

Rylee loved being the first to hop inside as soon as the door opened:)

Then, MORE... with the RALPHS cousins:


And finally... THE LOOT!!!

Amelia could not have been more in Heaven:

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE ACTUAL DAY OF HALLOWEEN:
Okay, HOLY Halloween PARTIES! Wowsers... I had NO idea that the week of Halloween was as fun & party-packed as Christmas??? Man, there is SO many fun activities to do around this time of year!

Smith Cousins:


Ralphs' Cousin Party:
Thanks Grandma Laurie!


Ward party: FAIRIES!
(we thought we'd switch up the costumes for a night!)

PlayGroup Halloween Playschool!

Ghost, Ghost... BOO! A Doughnut walk!


We can say, it was a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

The PUMPKIN PATCH!!!

Picking out Pumpkins for Amelia's Birthday party...

Hmmm...

FOUND SOME!

The CORN MAZE was aMAZEingly cute!

And Bringin the pumpkins to OUR homemade Pumpkin Patch!

OUR LITTLE PUMPKIN IS ONE!!!

Here is AMELIA's pumpkin-themed FIRST BIRTHDAY party...

*Welcome to AMELIA's PUMPKIN PATCH:

We didn't actually grow these pumpkins, but we DID grow the vines... we only grew a few green pumpkins? We bought these at a real pumpkin patch, & cleared out our garden to make our own!

I have to say, I LOVE BIRTHDAYS!!! Everything from the decked out invites to the killer cakes! I had SO much fun planning Amelia's party:)

We all enjoyed picking a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch, and Decorating it:

We have such great family & friends!

Mmmm... BIRTHDAY CAKE!!!!

The BIG ROUND PUMPKIN was specially for Amelia to dive into, but it looked a little intimidating... so she dove into a cupcake from the cupcake pumpkin!

Then, somebody got a little FREAKED out of that dang birthday hat that fell off her head...
IT's HER PARTY, SHE CAN CRY IF SHE WANTS TO!!!

A few people broke the rules & brought presents, but Amelia didn't seem to mind:)

Amelia really had a great time at her birthday party! She may not even remember or appreciate it, but at least we have pictures:) ha ha... What's NOT to celebrate about a FIRST BIRTHDAY, right? Plus, it may or may not just be an excuse for me to throw a party?
Either way, it was SO CUTE, & SO FUN!!! I can't wait for Rylee's....