Halloween 2011

(Once again, these pics were taken with my phone. Sorry.)









This year was fun because the girls decided on their costumes early on in the month of October. This was actually later than I had planned since I would not have much time to put them together before or after our time in Blanding. Siena decided she would be a Princess Butterfly. Qiana, of course, wanted to be Rapunzel. These costumes were definitely reasonable, since we already had most of the trimmings. The only real preparation was going to be in the Rapunzel wig. Juan and I took that project upon ourselves the Saturday before Halloween, and since it turned out to be easier than we thought, we all had time to do some early trick-or-treating at the mall. Monday (Halloween) rolled around and that was the day for the real fun to begin. First, the girls went trick-or-treating at their Abuelo's work, which was fun for everyone. Then, they went with their cousin, Ava, to the mall for more trick-or-treating. Thinking about how much candy they have, I think the real reason we brought them again was so their costumes could be put to good use, rather than worn for just a couple of hours. :) Finally, it was late enough to start the neighborhood rounds. We went to Ava's neighborhood with her and let the girls go around to about 8 houses with her. That was all they (we) needed to feel like their Halloween was complete. It was pretty fun this year to get involved with the Halloween holiday. We have probably not been as excited about it in the past because our girls weren't really old enough to get into dressing up. Now, it's pretty fun to watch them dawn their "new" personalities along with their costumes.