Halloween at Last

Finally, here are my Halloween pics! Gracie was a princess and Cooper was a lion. I thought Cooper's costume was ADORABLE! I found it at a consignment sale for $10 (which is actually kinda high for a consignment sale, but it was too cute to pass up).





Gracie loved her costume. We had some cute princess high heels that matched her costume, but eventually we had to trade them in for her church shoes so that she could actually walk at a decent pace.

We stopped and got a picture with the cousins and some treats from Aunt Melanie.

We had a great time, even though it got COLD when the sun went down. We went to the Halloween thing that they had at Truett McConnell College. It was awesome because they had Christian music blasting, trick or treating through the dorms, face-painting, and all kind of other stuff! Afterwards, we took Gracie to a few houses in some random neighborhoods to trick or treat "old school style," like we had to when we were younger. Don't you remember when we actually had to work for our candy...going door to door, running from dogs, etc.

Cooper was very good, but there were a couple of times when he got fussy and cried...so we said that he was just practicing his "roar."

Gracie loved the Truett mascot.

Halloween Flashback

Here's Gracie and Cooper in their Halloween duds. Cooper's shirt says, "I love my mummy." I thought it was too cute.

Halloween and Hugs

Gracie and I carved our first pumpkin this year. It was the first one I had carved since I was really little, and I am very proud of the end result. We didn't go for any fancy design, but I think it turned out well. Her favorite part of the process was trying to put the eye and nose pieces back in after I had cut them out. Daddy was keeping Cooper occupied and taking pictures for us. Gracie kept wanting give her pumpkin hugs, and she was very upset when Halloween was over and we had to get rid of it.

Santa's Little Helpers

Baby + Santa Hat = Cute Picture

So I realized a few weeks ago that I have gotten REALLY behind on the blog. During the month of November, the kids and I were all sick with that junky sinus stuff that doesn't seem to go away. John had the flu last week. Add Christmas shopping in to the mix and the blog is wayyyy down my list of priorities.

So anyway, I was trying to figure out what to do to update the blog because I feel like I am so behind. I haven't even put my adorable Halloween pictures up yet! John suggested that I start with what I currently want to post and catch up on the stuff I missed in November and early December when I get a chance. I like that idea, so here are a couple of festive pics. I LOVE the pic at the top of the post. There are so many comments or captions that I could put on that pic.