This morning was Phase-One-O-Halloween-Fun & we hit a cute little downtown area to trick-or-treat at all of the stores.
Halloween Princess was ready to go in her fabulously fancy skirt & t-shirt from Grandma. She practiced saying 'trick-or-treat' all the way there. (And I practiced reminding her to say thank you.)
As we walked down the street, she kept saying "When do I get to say it again? I want to say trick-or-treat again!" Seriously, she doesn't even like most of the candy - she just want to say the magic words & get something fun to put in her bucket. Although at the end of the morning, she discovered that she loves lollipops - especially the ones that turn her tongue blue!
I appreciated the stores that gave away crayons & bubbles & playdough & books. (Really - there was a store giving away used children's books - brilliant!) My favorites were the stores that used the event as a marketing opportunity for all the moms & gave away samples of fun shampoos and skin care products. Woohoo!
Now we're taking a break to come down from the lollipop-induced-sugar-high before we get dressed up in costume #2 & head out to the big faux-halloween event at church.
Seems like the perfect time for mom to raid the pink candy bucket!!
At one point during the night, all the kiddos were doing a little move-like-the-animals dance number. After the song, there was a brief moment of quiet.
Janie filled the silence with a loud voice, saying "Great job little Cubbies!"
Admittedly, I'm a little biased. But I thought is was pretty much the cutest thing ever.
Check out yearbook yourself to see how you would look through the decades.
It's weird how much I look like my mom in this picture.
Today we celebrated the half-way point of Rob's vacation with a super-fun trip to Marine World. (Yeah - I know, it has a new name now - but it will always be Marine World to me!)
Side note: While we were there today, everything kept looking familiar. Weird. Then Rob & I finally remembered that we had visited this place on a date! When we got home, we found pictures in an old scrapbook and saw that we were a couple of baby-faced, super-skinny kids - maybe 20 years old. I wish I had a scanner so I could show you the skinny-ness!
As I've mentioned before - Janie is a thrill seeker and loves the rides. We tackled Thomas Town and lots of other kiddo rides throughout the park. Her favorite - the spinning teacups! And honestly, it kind of gave me a headache - how old am I??!
We also managed to catch a few shows - the killer whale and the dolphins - which were amazing and fun to see through her eyes. Also: the shows are shady - so double bonus points. :-)
Some photo highlights:
And my most favorite picture....
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