Our Halloween in pictures

Happy Halloween! Our day was packed with treats (and at least one trick!). Here's the rundown:

If you look closely, you can see our little fairy waving at our
little unicorn during their preschool costume parade.

Kalina participated in a class production of The Big Pumpkin,
as performed at the home for visually impaired women across
the street from preschool. Both Grandpa and I agreed that she
was the best performer, despite her nerves that she would
mess up or forget her line, which was "Drat!" She's since used it
frequently in everyday conversation. And by the way,
there's no chance she would forget it: every child had the same
role and the same line. The best part, as I told Kalina later,
was her giant smile as she came up to have her chance at
picking the big pumpkin.

The kids finally figure out how to pluck the big pumpkin
from the vine: cooperate!

They also sang some sweet little Halloween songs.

Naomi dressed as a ladybug for Halloween, and also put
on a smile. :)

Elise thinks that dot markers are facepaint. I
had to leave the room to laugh hysterically into
my hands before I could (gently) scold her. I
think she knew I was bluffing when I pulled
out my camera--never before have I felt the need to
get a picture of her making a birthday card. She
totally knew my story was a cover-up, and could
see the smile in my eyes as I cleaned her up
after the picture. Trick or treat? That is the
question!

A flower fairy and a unicorn headed out into the
rain for trick-or-treating with Mommy! We were
the only ones, but that meant we got extra
candy (not that we needed it).

Naomi's first Halloween!

We bypassed the usual kitten pumpkin and opted for a fairy
and a unicorn. Daddy's an amazing pumpkin artist.

When you tell a 3-year-old, "No treats until
we're home" (mostly because it's raining), she
takes you literally. Elise dug into the Tootsie
Roll she'd been eyeing just one step inside
the front door.