As is tradition in my mother's house, there MUST be 
Halloween cookies, probably more important than Christmas cookies really. This year I talked it up for a few days and each time Payton told me that the pumpkins should be pink. As much as I am a pink lover, I tried and tried to convince her that orange might be an option, but she was persistent and pink it was. She helped me by choosing the sprinkle color for each one, and then actually sprinkling. What a sight, my poor kitchen will never be the same!
Halloween cookies, probably more important than Christmas cookies really. This year I talked it up for a few days and each time Payton told me that the pumpkins should be pink. As much as I am a pink lover, I tried and tried to convince her that orange might be an option, but she was persistent and pink it was. She helped me by choosing the sprinkle color for each one, and then actually sprinkling. What a sight, my poor kitchen will never be the same!Right before we headed out for the night we received a box of fresh Co
lorado leaves from Grandma & Grandpa Orr, so we spread them out on the front porch for all of the kids to enjoy. Payton and I sat out in them and played for a while until Grandma Jackie arrived to help us trick-or-treat. Once she arrived we dressed the girls up and prepared to head out on the town, but before we could we had to light our jack 'o lanterns. Well, this is the part that confused Payton a bit. Anytime she sees a lit candle she assumes it must be a birthday, so she starts singing Happy Birthday. And this carried on to the first few houses that we went to. We told her to say "Trick-or-treat" but instead, everyone got "Happy Birthday!" I'm sure that they were pretty confused, because at one point in the night we ran into a neighbor who had heard it was someone's birthday and they wanted to wish US a happy birthday. Anyway, when we caught up with Jordan & Annika they quickly straightened her out and then she was unstoppable. We became quite the crowd with the Schiering's plus a grandma, Nerney crew of 4, Steve, Rebecca (about 48 weeks pregnant), 
Steve's parents, Drew, and eventually grew more when the Pabst's joined us with another set of grandparents. I think that makes us 20 in total. The long and the short of it was that Payton had a GREAT time, and went to bed telling me that she wanted to go trick-or-treating tomorrow too! This morning when she woke up she and Daddy checked out the loot and she decided that the gummy shark was the prize of the night and had to eat it first. I'm sorry to say, Parker didn't get quite as much out of the whole experience. She ended up falling asleep about 30 minutes in and Grandma brought her home for the night, so no great photos of her. You'll just have to trust me that she made a darling tiger.
lorado leaves from Grandma & Grandpa Orr, so we spread them out on the front porch for all of the kids to enjoy. Payton and I sat out in them and played for a while until Grandma Jackie arrived to help us trick-or-treat. Once she arrived we dressed the girls up and prepared to head out on the town, but before we could we had to light our jack 'o lanterns. Well, this is the part that confused Payton a bit. Anytime she sees a lit candle she assumes it must be a birthday, so she starts singing Happy Birthday. And this carried on to the first few houses that we went to. We told her to say "Trick-or-treat" but instead, everyone got "Happy Birthday!" I'm sure that they were pretty confused, because at one point in the night we ran into a neighbor who had heard it was someone's birthday and they wanted to wish US a happy birthday. Anyway, when we caught up with Jordan & Annika they quickly straightened her out and then she was unstoppable. We became quite the crowd with the Schiering's plus a grandma, Nerney crew of 4, Steve, Rebecca (about 48 weeks pregnant), 
Steve's parents, Drew, and eventually grew more when the Pabst's joined us with another set of grandparents. I think that makes us 20 in total. The long and the short of it was that Payton had a GREAT time, and went to bed telling me that she wanted to go trick-or-treating tomorrow too! This morning when she woke up she and Daddy checked out the loot and she decided that the gummy shark was the prize of the night and had to eat it first. I'm sorry to say, Parker didn't get quite as much out of the whole experience. She ended up falling asleep about 30 minutes in and Grandma brought her home for the night, so no great photos of her. You'll just have to trust me that she made a darling tiger.
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