Happy Halloween!

We were all VERY excited about the coming of Halloween this year.... Miss Madi had checked out a Halloween costume catalog a couple months ahead of time and FELL IN TOTAL COMPLETE LOVE with one particular costume.... We had already had her costume *sort* of planned ( Liz scored some great costumes right after Halloween the year before for 90% off! Surely one of those would work... right?....)so, Madi looking at the catalog was really just supposed to be for fun. That is... until... she saw.....

STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE!!!

One look and that was that! She WOULD be Strawberry Shortcake, there was no doubt in her mind! When Brendan came home from work that evening she immediately brought him the picture she had found & told him "I'm GOING to be STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, Daddy!!!"

How can you possibly say no to this?.... looking at the price tag... Liz was pretty ready to say no.... but luckily we happened to find a good deal on one just Madi's size!!! It was meant to be after all!! ;0)

Madi's dream of being Strawberry came true....

She was completely head over heels IN LOVE with her costume! The day it arrived in the mail she tried it on, to make sure it would fit ok, and didn't want to take it off!! In fact she got quite upset with Mommy when she was told it was bedtime and she would have to put her pj's on! Then each day after, instead of waking up with a "Good Morning!" it was "Can I be Strawberry now?" (Which meant she wanted to put her costume on).

 This went on for quite a few days... until.... 

She was wearing it one afternoon.... 

She decided she needed to go potty on the "big girl" potty...

 Grandma took her in, sat her down to do her business...

 Well...

 She was heartbroken with what happened next...

(Plus I think she might hate me when she is 16 for telling everyone!!)

 She decided she was done, stood up, picked up her potty seat & handed it to grandma... then for whatever reason immediately decided no, I think I'll try again & SAT DOWN...

 Grandma couldn't get the potty seat back in place in time 

(Since Madi moved so fast!) 

So...

Madi fell in! :0( 

While wearing her beloved costume!

The tears were enormous!

She didn't want to wear her dress again for awhile... 

Because it was now "Yucky!"

But, Mommy washed it (Hand washed by the way, oh yay!) 

So life as Madi knew it was ok once again!

It was perfectly perfect for her to wear in time for a Halloween party with our play group friends

 And Halen was super duper happy (Ok so maybe he didn't realize so much) to be the cutest DINOSAUR ever!!!

 Or as Madi called him a 

DIAMONDSAUR!!

 We brought a treat to share with our playgroup.... however I should have thought this over a bit more before deciding on what our treat would be... yes it was YUMMY... but boy, oh, boy was it MESSY!! 

(Chocolate covered graham crackers w/ oooey-gooey marshmallow creme in the middle!) 

We ended up covering ALL of Madi w/paper towels before she dove into one!

(Because her Mommy is CRAZY like that!) 

Here's our little diamondsaur in action! Trying to catch Daddy's camera!

On Halloween night we decided since the kiddos looked so extra special adorable we would let them trick or treat at a few houses (We usually just go to a couple neighbors that we know & of course Grandpa's house, just down the street! Once the kids are older and get more into it I'm sure we'll hit the whole neighborhood, but for now the few we end up at is more than enough!) 

This year, Brendan had a special surprise for our little Strawberry Shortcake...

He decided to dress up as one of her best friends...

Blueberry Muffin!

 Madi was in Strawberry Heaven! :0) 

The kiddos (And Brendan!) Had a blast trick or treating! The neighborhood kids got a kick out of Blueberry Muffin ( I overheard some of the pre-teens saying "Oh how cool, he dressed up for his little girl!" as they walked past us...awwww... ) I'm not sure how we can top this years costumes next year! We'll have to start planning now!!