A Purple Princess and a Monkey Princess

Happy not-quite-a-week-after-Halloween! For those of you who've been waiting, my apologies for taking awhile to get the pictures up. But it's great timing - you have a whole extra hour to enjoy them tonight. You're welcome!

Saturday before Halloween, we carved our jack-o-lantern. After some debate over whether what kind of face we should draw (Abby thought we should do a "really really scary one!" but Adam and I talked her down to a happy one) we broke out the Sharpie and saw and got to work. It was iffy for a bit - Abby didn't want to participate in the beginning and Nora got very sad when I wouldn't let her grab the saw as I was cutting the lid open - but eventually they were drawn in to the chance to play in pumpkin goop, and we all ended up having a great time.

Our happy face pumpkin:

Sunday afternoon the girls tried on their costumes for the first time. Abby had wanted to be a purple princess for months, and was thrilled to finally get to try her costume. Nora had been so excited about being a monkey, but once she saw that Abby got to wear a tiara she wanted one too, so we had a last minute transformation into a monkey princess. But, hey, it worked.

A Purple Princess:

A Monkey Princess:

Since Abby's in preschool this year, we got to have two Halloween celebrations. Her class had a costume parade on Monday morning, so the whole family went to preschool. After some waiting around, some group pictures, and some chaotic lining up (although, what can you expect from 24 3-year-olds and their younger siblings?) all the kids were in line and marched around the lobby, collecting treats from all the parents.

Preschool Princess:

Monkey Princess:

Lots of Waiting:

Class Picture:

Mommy and her Monkey:

Monday night, the girls were VERY excited to go trick-or-treating.

They looked adorable together! (Abby decided that she didn't want to wear her tiara, so Nora decided that she wanted to wear her monkey hood.)

They posed by our jack-o-lantern before we headed out.

They cleaned up on candy this year! We went several blocks, and they did a great job knocking on doors and saying "Trick or treat!" And they've been thoroughly enjoying that candy for the past week. I think it's going to last for a few more.