Halloween 2012

Halloween is one of our favorite holidays.  We make sure that the costumes do not go to waste.


Decorating cookies on 19th street after the A&M game (not really her costume but we will count it)

Trying on his costume.  I can't believe he left the hat on!

Now for our outtings...

1.  Zoo Boo

2.  Karbach Brewery

3.  ArBOOretum

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Fall Festival at church

 

 

5.  Chili Cookoff at school (no costumes, but it was the same weekend so counting it)

6.  School Halloween Parade

7.  Proctor Park

8.  Last but not least...trick or treating

 

Halloween

On Monday, we celebrated Halloween with a neighborhood party in the Heights and the some trick or treating.  We had a lot of fun.

Owen was holding onto the pumpkin until the second Wes snapped this picture.

Here is our whole little family finishing our dinner by the playground.

We entered the costume contest for kids age 0 to 5.  There were 34 kids entered and lot of really cute costumes.

Owen took second place!

This is Rachel for her first-ever trick or treating experience.  She thought it was pretty cool that people just hand out candy.

Here she is showing off her lollipop.  It is hard to see because she would not hold it still.  Owen got to ride door to door in the wagon - no candy for him.

By the end of the evening, Rachel was a pro at trick or treating.  We could tell she was getting tired when she held out her pumpkin and said "candy!" instead of "trick or treat".

Visit to Mandeville

The weekend before Halloween we went to Mandeville to visit Opa because he had to spend his birthday recuperating in the the hospital.

While we were there, we went to Oktoberfest at the church where Oma's school is.  We enjoyed yummy German food.

Rachel got her face painted with a spider this time.

There was a very fun bounce house!

Best of all...there was cotton candy!

Here is Rachel when we arrived home for nap time.

One of the best parts of the weekend was visiting with little Mia (and her parents Aunt Dana and Uncle Richard, too)

Even though she is 3.5 months older than he is, Owen already outweighs Mia.  She has him beat on skills though - she was sitting up and crawling while he can only roll over.  

Uncle Richard and Owen

Oma feeding Owen

Owen relaxing at Oma and Opa's house

Rachel enjoys playing with all of the toys that she only gets to visit when we go to Mandeville.  She loves playing with the carriage that we used when we were kids.  She even gets to play with a doll that is almost as old as Tante YaYa!

Owen loved riding on the swing at the park.

Rachel loved the swings, too.

Owen relaxed with Oma while Rachel ran around and around at the playground.

Rachel got more of her energy out chasing bubbles that Oma blew.  It looks like she caught this one with her mouth.

Before we left town, we did a little photo shoot in their costumes on the lake front.