Halloween under the sea

We had a very successful Halloween. Anya announced she wanted to be a princess (go figure) so we picked her favorite one- Ariel- and made her a mermaid princess. Being 3 months old Elin had no say in her costume choice so of course I found an adorable Flounder costume and she wore it with little complaint. For those of you who don't know, Flounder is Ariel's best friend. 

Our PEPS group still meets for a yearly Halloween party where all the kids dress up, some cry, and we drink wine and laugh. Now there are many more kids since some of the families are pregnant with their third children already. You can imagine the commotion when a large group of 3 year olds and all their younger siblings are forced to dress up and pose for a picture. We don't have one with all the kids in it but we have several good ones!

Anya also had a preschool Halloween party so she got dressed up once again. She frosted cupcakes, carved pumpkins, listened to a Halloween story, got her face painted and danced. It was awesome- all within a one hour time frame  They crammed over 60 people in the small church preschool room- it was chaotic and fabulous. Kids hopped up on cupcakes, frosting, and candy corn in costume.

On the actual night of Halloween Anya and Elin dressed up once more and went trick or treating in Ahma and Bobpop's neighborhood.  Anya's friend Charlie came with his parents and joined us.too. They had a great time and loved being out in the dark. It was definitely cool  to be out walking around at night and the candy was just an added bonus.