Halloween 2011

I think this was the first year that my kids were actually willing to pull the gunk out of their own pumpkins.  They were so excited to carve pumpkins with Benny and Gracie and go trick-or-treating with Kam and Maddie.   

 Bri had to have a dolphin for her "face".  She's very into dolphins right now.

 Cleopatra and.... her puppy?  Nate was a puppy for the second year in a row.  We tried talking him into another costume, but just the mention of anything other than his "spot" costume caused massive drama in the Koetje household.  So, Spot he was!

 Check out this cute smile.

 ..and this one!  Look at all that eye make-up. 

 Rapunzel, a Lion, Spot and Cleopatra

Halloween II

Brianna fell in LOVE with this costume.. so Ariel she was (the little mermaid). Don't even ask me how hard it was to make her hair "beautiful".Nate was a monkey. What a monkey he was!
Grandpa Jim couldn't resist giving him a banana.

Here's the whole trick-or-treating crew. Bri, Maddie, Kam {The Sleeping Pumpkin} and Nate

Happy mom with a mermaid and a monkey. Nothing could be better.

Halloween-Part I

Pumpkins!

I'm not a big fan of Halloween. In fact, I don't even like scary movies. Don't even get me started on the "meaning" of it. However, I love to carve pumpkins and celebrate the fall with my kids. Here are this year's creations: