Two Princesses and a Dog (not a frog)

The girls both chose princess-type costumes this year for Halloween, so I thought it would be cute for Judson to be a frog.  But I never did find a cute frog costume, so instead we had two princesses and a dog.  Technically, we had one princess (Kendall), a nutcracker ballerina (Avery), and a dog, but that doesn't make a catchy title for my post. :) Kendall got to wear her costume and trick or treat around the church at school on the Monday before Halloween, and Avery's school had "Hero Day" on Halloween, so she was able to wear her costume to school too.  Our neighbors across the street invited us and several other families to eat pizza and hang out at their house on Halloween evening and let the kids all go around trick or treating together.  Well, poor Kendall started running a fever on the afternoon of Halloween, so Scott and I took turns hanging out across the street with Avery and Judson.  After some Tylenol and rest, Kendall felt up to putting on her costume and going to a few houses on our block, so it wasn't a total loss for her.  Avery had a great time trick or treating with the other kids and Judson and I followed behind and collected a few treats of our own.  Judson was NOT a fan of the hood on his costume or the zipper coming all the way up to his neck, plus things were a little crazy trying to keep up with everybody, so I never did get a very good picture of him in his doggie costume.  He sure did love to carry it around a cuddle with it though! 

Princess Kendall dressed for costume day at school (I messed up the layout of this thing and I can't fix it!)

Avery the Nutcracker Ballerina

Avery's costume had a little music box that could be tucked into a special pocket in her dress so she could play music to dance to anytime she wanted.

Sickly princess Kendall on Halloween night. She was not going to let a little fever keep her from all that candy!

There were a few houses that really went all out.  A lot of people just sat in their driveways to hand out candy and it was a very neighborly, fun atmosphere throughout the neighborhood.

the kids enjoying their goodies

my little Jud dog