Harvest Celebration

I am not a fan of Halloween...you can read my thoughts on the holiday here.  This year I consciously made choices to stay away from the scary, fear-filled side of the holiday and focus on the harvest/blessing side of it.  This way, my kids get to dress up and be cute, but I also get to teach them about blessings from God and the reality of evil in our world.  It's a work in progress to be sure, but I felt better about how we dealt with it this year than last.  One of my best friends gave up the whole halloween gig this year and had a family night complete with copious amounts of candy, games, and movies this year...I think she may be on to something!

Evelyn's school had a costume parade in the morning...it was pouring down rain, so they had to do it through the hallway of the school so it was a little cramped.  I always wondered how they kept 10 2-year olds in a line to go from place to place in the building!

Lilly working on sitting up (she's so close!)

Our little blessings...a butterfly and Tinkerbell

(pronounced TinkerBELL - with the accent on bell - by Evelyn)

*sigh*

I can't handle the cuteness!

This one slept most of the time...but woke up for a quick picture!

Little miss independent...

...until it's late and she's tired.

Good thing TinkerBELL's Daddy doesn't mind a face full of wings!

She was obsessed with wearing her TinkerBELL costume (and Lillian's butterfly costume) the next day!

Our little pumpkin.  

Dan told me it was a pretty lame design.  I like it.  Simple.