Halloween 2010..a little on the too late side

Lylah was a storybook princess for Halloween. I wanted her to be Olivia. She said she wanted to be Billy The Exterminator (which would have been to hilarious.) But then she changed her mind. She was convinced that she had to be a princess. So I used a very sweet dress my mom bought Lylah on clearance at Target for the base of the costume. I had saved the dress for her to wear in a professionally taken picture, but I never got them taken. So the dress had never been worn and it would soon be too cold.

I made a little cape/wrap and added the jeweled clasp. I also MADE her gloves. It took a lot of work, but I learned how to do new stuff on the machine and I could make gloves much easier next time. I found some gloves for sale for $8 (too cheap to buy those) and I made mine for about a dollar and it only took about 6 hours--(cough, cough) But like I said, I learned something. And they were cute.

My favorite part of the costume was the scepter. It is made from an over-sized Christmas pencil, a mirrored Christmas ornament, sparkle ribbon, hot glue, pearls, and white duct tape. It only took about 5 minutes and I love its awesome authenticity.

Add a little drama with a major make up job and face jewels. Add a feathery and sparkle covered tiera and a large purple "diamond" ring, and you have one storybook princess.

She was so excited and so proud of her look that she could hardly stand it. She was embarrassed and excited to see how amazing she looked. She glided everywhere and loved the costume!!!

The bottom two Pictures are of her at American Family Insurance where the preschool Trick-or-Treats every year. They are so sweet to us and the children are always VERY loaded when they leave. Lylah is tired after carrying her heavy bag "by my own". Maybe I should have called her a Drama Queen rather than a Princess.







Happy Halloween, Princess of Drama. I have no idea where she gets it.....he he he

Sweet Cause and Effect

Cold nose and itchy eyes. I imagine we will always have Halloween pictures of Lylah with"Seasonal Allergy" face. Pretty cute pumpkin teeth smile, though.

Sitting with someone's Fall display and perhapse touching a light.
She had the whole concept of the "ask and you shall receive' down pat by the second house. Her first house she was not so sure. The idea of cause and effect sunk in quickly, though, because by the second house forward, she was in it to win it. She was running up the walkway and saying trick-or-treat and thank you and then saying to me, "I go to the next one , Mommy? Go to 'anovey' one?" When she came back to the sidewalk where Glen was waiting she said, "Look, Daddy! I got some candy! I got some 5 candy!" 5 is a lot in her book. If she wants more of something then she wants 5 of it. So she was pretty happy to get some 5 candy! Success! She wants to trick-or-treat every day now. This morning she said she would like some candy about 2 seconds after she woke up. We give her one, maybe 2, pieces a day. But apparently candy is all the rage if you ask her. She told me today at lunch that she would have "No broccoli and No meatloaf and No Fruit...Just Candy and then No nap" Keep dreamin' kid!

Happy, Happy! Joy, Joy!

She was not a fan of waking up from a nap to go and HAVE FUN. Complete with drool and snot, she was a sight to behold. Her face was red for a solid 45 minutes after this happy little outburst. We tried to take her to a Halloween carnival at a down town church after this sad display. It was crowded and she was not into it at all. We snicker at these photos and our carnival shot. We were not worked up over her not having fun, we kind of laughed it off and had fun despite her sadness. Sadistic parents I guess.See how much fun she's having at the photo booth. We left after about 15 minutes of sadness. But she got a balloon and she was happy for that. We left to do some door to door trick-or-treating and she liked that MUCH better.

First Trick-or-Treating Ever

We had to use the "Kitty Um-boo-ruvva" to get to school this day because the day of our field trip it rained all day. Sadly, the rain made many of my precious fall leaves fall prematurely. But it was wonderful and chilly and a perfect day for a book reading or a nap or a FIRST EVER TRICK-OR-TREATING AND FIELD TRIP!!

Some of our friends waiting at the gate to our room before the trip. I absolutely loved the costumes all the kids had on. The little guy in the red hat is a country rock star complete with cut off sleeves and tattoos and leather pants and wallet chain. Next to him is a sweet elephant with a very erect trunk. Next to him is a fairy waiting for grandpa to bring her wings. Here is Lylah waiting. She is the queen of melodrama. I have NO idea where she gets this dramatic behavior ( cough, cough).We wove our way among a maze of cubicles. There were about 60 children split into 4 groups. we were in a big pack, but we seem to have lost them here in these photos.

The loot! She was pretty proud of her gatherings and that she was holding them herself. I was also holding several bags that were hurting my hands. Let me tell you, these people are so generous to us. They invite us every year and give the kids all kinds of really nice treats including whole coloring books, crayons, juice boxes, Little Debbie treats, candy and toys. It's unbelievable. And after the trick-or-treating the children get to eat milk and sugar cookies in the cafeteria. She sweetly remembered her "tank you" most of the time without a reminder. Makes a Mommy proud! She even got a couple of Trick-or-Treats in too. She was so sweet. I have a hard time sometimes not scooping her up and snuggling her too much. I wish I could hold her all the time.
The aftermath. She was excited to see what all was in her bags. Her favorites were, of course, "Poop Treats" (aka M&Ms) and a plastic yo-yo. Since then she has also loved a cup and straw combo and the suckers.