Halloween 2012

On Halloween, I took the girls to the Rio for a party! Anna decided that she wanted to wear her Hello Kitty Halloween shirt instead of her costume for the morning party.

We enjoyed the science performer. Then, after the performance,  they had a few drawings for prizes! I WON 2 entrees and 2 desserts at Joe's Crab Shack! I was super pumped!!  The girls were also proud that their mama won!

All three of the girls decorated pumpkins while we were at the party too!

Their pumpkin creations turned out fantastic!

All three of my girls dressed up: Faith (as Laura), Anna (as Carrie), and Jillian (as Mary) for Halloween 2012. 

Our silly girl, Anna!

Funny Faces! 

Then we made our way to our friends' house! This is a special photo because it is the only photo that we have of Anna wearing her bonnet! 

Then we knocked on the door of our friends! Trick-or-Treat! 

Aunt Michelle and Uncle Reed gave gifts to all three of the girls! Jillian and Faith were especially excited about their new Princess and Popstar dolls. 

"The tickle monster" (given his name by Faith) wanted a hug from Faith, but he first had to give her a good tickle.

Jillian had a good laugh as her little sister was tickled.

A photo of the girls with Lindsey and Erin before trick-or-treating.

Some of the families in the neighborhood left a bowl of candy out for the trick-or-treaters! Anna had fun choosing which candy she wanted.

Faith got a little cold while we were out, so her sweet, gentlemanly daddy gave her his coat.

Before we knew it, we had gone over a couple dozen houses, so we went back to the Smith's house to warm up with some apple cider.  The girls warmed up quickly and in no time at all, they wanted to go out to trick-or-treat again.  Thankfully, we had two volunteers to take the girls, Erin and Lindsey.

Anna and all the grown-ups decided to stay warm in the house.

It was a fun evening, we even ran into some new friends from church, and one of Brad's work colleagues too!

Faith was completely tuckered out by the time we got into the van. She told us on the way home, "I almost started to cry, but then I realized I was just tired, so I didn't."  I thought that was super insightful of Faith to recognize that she was a little more emotional because she was tired.  :-)