Happy Halloween!

This halloween was possibly one of the most fun nights we have had with the kids together since they were born. We dressed them up as a cowboy and a cowgirl and they looked adorable. Neither of them minded being in their costumes, probably because they were more like regular clothes than most, so that worked great. I learned my lesson from last year and trying to stuff baby Tula into that pea in the pod costume that they just don't "love" dressing up as much as we love doing it to them. So we did the cowboy/girl thing and it turned out perfectly. Tula had her little boots and buckle and of course her favorite cowboy hat, with a red western shirt and the tiniest Levi's jeans I have ever seen. Maverick wore a brown plaid western one piece with boots and a hat as well. He was sort of hunched over and sleeping in my arms (I just carried him around while we trick or treated) and everyone laughed that he looked like a drunken cowboy when they walked past us. Tula was too cute for words. No one walked by her without making some sort of a comment about her costume and of course how tiny she was. She marched out of the house on a mission and seemed to get the whole trick or treating thing right off the bat. I thought it was so strange how someone who had never tasted or even really seen candy before could be so excited to be getting so much of it. Her all-time favorite thing about the night was "knocking". She loved going up to people's doors and knocking and waiting for them to open it. In fact, there were few people who had lawnchairs in the front of their homes and just sat out front handing out candy, Tula still insisted that we walk up to their door and knock. She would point at the house and make that little fist with the knocking motion, how could we say no? She also loved handing out the candy when we got home. After she had knocked on a few doors, I guess she got it and knew why the kids were coming to ours so she would go with Grandma and help put the candies in the bags. It was funny, you could tell the kids were annoyed that this little baby was taking forever to give them one candy bar and there we were taking a million pictures and standing around watching her like it was the cutest thing ever. She was trying so hard though! Too cute!

Luckily, she had no idea what was in the bag or really any interest in what was in the wrappers. She liked taking all the candy from our bowl and filling her bag, and then going back and forth, putting them back in the bowl, but didn't try to eat anything so we left it at that! Tula celebrated her second Halloween and still no candy! Wonder if I will be able to get away with that one next year?

Grandpa and Grandma M came down from Scottsdale for the night, Auntie Jenelle, Tony and Auntie Tiff were all staying with us for the week from Calgary and joined in on the Halloween fun. Tula had an entourage. And between myself, Grandma, and her Aunties, it looked like she had the papparazzi following her too! Jen and Tony even dressed up as cows for Tula and Maverick....very cute, thanks guys! We had so much fun celebrating this holiday and sharing such a fun time with you all! Having you guys there was a treat!

A couple of pics from our fun night.