Halloween 2012

Halloween 2012 was a big hit at the Mallory house.   We started celebrating early with a costume-birthday party for Susannah's best friend Leyton.  

 

Curious George and the Man in the Yellow Hat on their way to the party.

 

 

Leyton was Hello Kitty.....how cute our these two?

 

Birthday kisses.

 

 

Later in the week, Susannah helped Daddy carve the pumpkins.   (Meadow helped too.)

Finished products........As evidenced by the white pumpkin, we were a little fired up after our win over Florida.

This one had a cat face that Susannah loved.

Susannah with the masterpieces.

A friend gave us this adorable Halloween outfit.   It was a little small, but Susannah loved wearing it and pointed to the pumpkins all day.

Helping Daddy blow out the candles.......good practice for our upcoming birthday.

All lit up and ready for trick-or-treaters.

As you can see, bunny, winnie the pooh, and baby doll all wanted to be in this picture too.

And here are our pictures from Halloween day.   Susannah LOVES her monkey more than any other stuffed animal, so we decided Curious George was the perfect costume for her.   And I loved the fact that Peter could dress up with her.    We all had such a great afternoon.  

All dressed up and ready to hit the neighborhood.

It was just as much fun for Mommy and Daddy as it was for Susannah.

She definitely knew something special was about to go down.

Coronado has a great set-up.   All of the businesses on Orange Ave (our main street) close at 3:00 and they give out candy for the rest of the afternoon.  

Aren't they adorable?

Can you tell that Mommy was a little camera happy?
 

Susannah was pretty brave.....I thought she might be shy.   But she marched right up to all the vendors, not even deterred by the crowds of big kids.  

She never actually said trick-or-treat.   She said it to us at home, but never to the vendors.  Her sweet face in that costume was enough to earn some good candy though. 



Her favorite part of the afternoon was by far the dogs in costume.   She LOVED them.   Even more than the candy.

She liked the candy too though.   As you can see here.   We decided to take a break from the crowds and everybody got to taste one piece of candy.  

The peanut butter cup was a hit with everybody.

Checking out our loot.

Her very first sucker.    She was a huge fan.

 

It is so hard for me to believe that Susannah's second Halloween is already over and that I'm planning her 2nd birthday party!   Time is flying way too fast.   Hope all of you had a Happy Halloween.   We love and miss you all!