Holiday Wrap-up, Part 1

Happy New Year! Time to unwrap the holidays and share some pictures with you.

Halloween (yes Halloween, sorry) was a special treat for Madeline and Elizabeth, pun intended. It was probably the last time we will get to dress them up however we want, but they were still old enough to appreciate the wonders of asking complete strangers for candy. Who could pass up the opportunity to go trick-or-treating with Thing 1 and Thing 2 from Dr. Seuss? Erica made the felt patches and used fabric glue to attach them on the front of plain red onesies. Had I thought about it a little bit more ahead of time, I could have gotten one of those really big red and white striped hats like the Cat in the Hat. The girls were getting all the attention anyways and we got a lot of compliments on the costumes.

We later joined up with Nicholas, the firefighter, and our good friends Carey and Reid Moreland for more trick-or-treats! We ended the (rather cold) evening with quite an impressive stash of candy which the kids were all too happy to devour. Finished off the day with Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin.


We managed to pull off another successful birthday party this year. Maddie and Lizzy are now 2 years old and we are loving it. Not quite as much fanfare as the previous year, but there was a delicious cake made by Erica and the girls had a lot of fun. Thanks to everyone for coming and making it a memorable occasion. Looking forward to number 3! Honorable mention goes to the fabulous new kitchen from Grandma and Grandpa.