Halloween Fun!

Oh my there is sooooo much to say! I can't believe it's already the end of November! I need to share our fun Halloween day activities before Thanksgiving! So, what a great (exhausting) day Halloween was for our family. To start the day off Bart went to work with the reminder to me that he was really excited for the girls and me to come to his party at work. I was excited for that too! But first, we needed to go to the store. When we got back home, we found our paint and brushes and painted our pumpkins! Much easier to paint with a 2 year old than to try carving! Earlier my friend Paige had called and asked if Genevieve might enjoy watching the elementary school costume parade her daughter was going to be in. I thought that sounded great so we went. Maddison looked great! At least as great as a Whoopi Cushion could look! Very funny Costume! Then after that we stopped in at our friend Heather's house. We love to spend time with Heather and Nora. Heather showed me a really cool bread recipe she was using to make breadsticks with. We got a sampling of the breadsticks... Oh my Yummy!! After that it was hurry up and get ready for Daddy's work party! FINALLY Genny got to put on her costume after begging all day! "I wear my ScRareCrow costume for MY party."
Not having had any naps all day both girls fell asleep on the way to Bart's work. But Genny woke right up when I said the word party. And boy was she in a great mood. She put on quite the show for everybody. Especially for our friend Amy that works there too. Genny just loved hanging around Amy and her candy station. So much fun! AnnaBelle had everyone oooing and awing over how cute she is. She's walking but is so little that it takes everybody by surprise when they see it. The girls trick or treated their way around the big office and ended the party with a costume contest. AnnaBelle and Genevieve WON the "Best Group Theme" Category (by a landslide). I think if they had been able to be in two categories, they would have totally won the "Cutest" Award too! They were THE favorites throughout the whole party. I was such a proud Mommy! After the party we stopped and saw our good friend Jill! I couldn't head home without showing the girls off to her. She loved the costumes! Then on to a quick dinner at home and Trick or Treating around the neighborhood! We couldn't go to every house but it was fun seeing all the costumes and kids running around. Genevieve doddled along to each house. Annoying at the time, but very cute in hindsight! One of the sweet ladies in our ward at church told me she almost made a cutest costume award to give to Genevieve after that night. I'm so lucky to have such sweet and cute girls. AnnaBelle was mostly just along for the ride that night, but she behaved so well. Genevieve thoroughly enjoyed the night saying "trick or treat, thank you, and happy halloween" to every one she got candy from. Such a good girl! I loved watching her do these things that just a year ago she couldn't do yet. My, how fast they grow! I know it sounds like a lot of bragging... but c'mon what's not to brag about!?