Halloween pictures

We carved our pumpkin the day before Halloween so that it didn't end up yucky and gooey like last year. Ross did the main carving part outside then Lily and I moved it inside for the detail work. I have a pic of the finished product on my phone so it will be a day or two before I get it to the computer.

We went to a party hosted by the city in a park downtown and we had so much fun. Lily ran around in the grass and actually interacted with some other kids. They had a costume contest and Lily made the top 5 but then lost to a pink crayon. It was one of those contests that is judged by who yells the loudest and I think the pink crayon had a very big family.

After that Ross & Lily went home and I went to O'Malley's where I was one of the finalists in the contest there. Didn't win though, never do.

Halloween

I always used to think that going to the mall to trick or treat was dumb, but that is exactly what we did yesterday. South Florida is lame when it comes to Halloween. This is one of those holidays where a small town would be better. We didn't have any trick or treaters last year, so I figured that we wouldn't again this year either and didn't even bother. Lily wore her costume the whole day and then we took her to the mall after dinner. She was so adorable. There was a little girl there that she made friends with. This little angel walked up to Lily and they just stared and smiled at each other for about 5 minutes. It was so funny. The girl is 18 months old but slightly smaller than Lily. She had an FSU stroller too...how cool!

Lily ran around and looked at all the kids. I enjoyed seeing all the other kids in costumes. I love seeing kids dressed up for Halloween but am disapointed that no one makes their own costumes any more. It has just become so comerial. I know, I'm to blame considering that I sell ready-to-wear costumes, but it just takes all the creativity out of the holiday. We remenisced about some of the great costumes that we had created in the past. David reminded me of a good one he had when Daddy made him a proton pack for his ghostbusters costume.

I was a police officer, Lily was a ladybug, Ross was an old man and David was an inmate. My costume was from my store (I know....no creativity). Ross just pulled together some things from his closet and a shirt from my costume collection. David just threw on a re-run of Ross's inmate costume with a joe dirt wig. I made Lily's out of felt.