Trick or Treat for Halloween

We had a blast on Halloween! It was really fun to dress the kids up and see them in their costumes. They were super excited to fill their pumpkins up with candy.

 

Our youth program put on a little Halloween activity for the kids for mutual night on Thursday

 





 

This is pretty much what Maddie thought of it

 

Getting ready

 

 

Hi, I'm Woody! Howdy, howdy, howdy

 

 

Tanner kept taking his hat off all night but we managed to get a few pictures!

 

 

 

 

Everyone loved her dress and commented on how pretty she looked

 

 

Looking like a little model

 



 

Getting ready to go trick or treating!

 

Maddie was very good at saying "trick or treat" and "thank you" at each house

 

Tanner loved holding out his pumpkin and getting candy

At our neighbor's house

 



Lots of candy, plus a bat!

 



Showing off the mother lode

We turned off our lights because we were gone but our inside lights turn on automatically, so Trevor put these up to cover the windows so no one would get any ideas about ringing our doorbell

 

Enjoying their spoils (Tanner and Maddie got to eat some too!)

 

And that was our Halloween!

Thanks a ton to Grandma and Grami for helping with Tanner's costume!

Happy Birthday to Maddie!

 

 Yesterday was Maddie's birthday! She is 4 years old now. We had lots of fun and she waited patiently all day to open her presents and eat her cake. We took her out for ice cream after lunch too.

 

A sparkly tutu that I made for Maddie

 



Modeling her Sleeping Beauty dress

 



 

Elsa Barbie!

 

Anna too!

 

Pinkie Pie coloring book

 

New books!

 

Frozen sleeping bag and pillow to take to Grandma's house when she spends the night

 

 

The cake!

 

 

 

 

 

Singing Happy Birthday

Blowing out the candles

 



 

Eating the cake

Enjoying the presents!



Disneyland!

To celebrate Maddie's 4th birthday we went to Disneyland! Trevor's parents came with us and we had SO MUCH FUN!!

 

 

This is us at 6:00 AM getting ready to head out

 

 

 

Super excited to go

 

 

 

 

We got there right when the park opened and the first ride we went on was the Casey Junior Train

 

 

 

 

In front of Cinderella's castle

 

In line to meet the princesses

 

 

We were trying to catch Merida before she left and ran into Flynn Rider!

Here he is with the smolder

 

 

 

Rapunzel let Maddie touch her hair

 

In line to see the princesses.

This was probably the longest wait we had all day, about an hour.

 

 

Meeting Cinderella

And Snow White

 



 

And Ariel!

 

On the way to go on some rides in Fantasyland

 

 

Snow White ride

 

 

 

 

Peter Pan

 

 

 

 

Alice in Wonderland

 

 

The Matterhorn

 

I can't believe Maddie went on this one all by herself, especially since the abominable snowman was up there. She didn't even cry!

 

 

This place was soooo yummy! We ate at the Plaza Inn and the food was amazing.

 

We even got chocolate cake!

 

 

They had everything decorated for Halloween

 

On the train that goes around the whole park

 



 

We didn't want to wait in line to see Tiana so we got this picture instead

 

 

Tanner conked out while we were in line for Pirates

 

 

Watching the Tangled show. Maddie and I got to sit up at the front

 

 

The parade! Anna and Elsa came out first on a float of ice

 

Tanner was mesmerized

 

 

 

Maddie loved the parade, especially all the princesses!

 

 

 

We ended up staying in the park the entire day! We left around 8:30 or so after going on the Snow White ride and Pirates again. Everyone was exhausted and we just crashed in the hotel.

The next morning

 



 

 

 We had so much fun all day. The kids were super well behaved and loved everything. Maddie is already asking when we can go back. Happy Birthday Maddie!