Halloween 2012.

I'm always amazed when I look back at last year's pictures, then compare them to this year's. Children grow so, so quickly!

Halloween 2011

Ethan wasn't even crawling a year ago, and now, he is everywhere! Dressing the kids up was a lot of fun this year. Instead of walking through our neighborhood, or my mom's, as we've done in the past, we joined our niece and nephew, Madison and Drew, in downtown Kernersville for some Trick or Treating fun. It was chilly, but Ethan stayed pretty warm in his raccoon costume.


Our pumpkin was knocked over, rolled around, kicked, and beaten. We didn't even bother carving it; this "gu-kin" (as Ethan calls it) was entertaining enough as is.


Gracie chose to be Rapunzel, one of her favorite princesses. She loved having such long hair! She wears her dress-up Rapunzel dress almost every day, so getting this new one was pretty exciting for her.




Anderson and I tried so hard to get a picture of the four cousins together.



I guess you could say we were successful... They're all there, in the same picture.


We ended up with plenty of chocolate that no one in my house will eat, except for ME, so I had Sean take it to work with him. It was a lot of fun. :)

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  1. Platinum RoseNovember 9, 2012 at 12:50 PM

    I love their costumes! That's hilarious, trying to get a photo with all 4 kids. I loved the one where Madison was reaching out for Drew trying to get him to come into the photo. Real life, captured :-)

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