A Family Halloween
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It was a very happy Halloween around here this year.
For the first time since I can remember, I had a costume too.
And so did Chris.
I went as the witch from Sleeping Beauty (it was Simon's choice). I ordered the costume from Disney.com and I have to say that it was a really great costume and one I imagine I'll wear again.
This is Simon (excuse me, Indiana) seeing Chris in his costume for the first time. He's a kid who really loves dressing up so seeing his Dad in costume was awesome.
My sister, Gabrielle and Jeffrey went as "Old McDougall has a farm" (McDougall is my maiden name).
Besides having all my family here, one of my favorite memories of this Halloween will be how excited this little girl became once she got the whole concept of trick or treating. We did one round early in the evening when it was still light out for the littlest kids, came back for dinner, and then went back out again when it was dark.
Anna definitely wanted to come along on the second outing so we put a red sweater on her and headed out. She loved it. She wanted to walk on her own and go up to doors and was running around with all wonderful excitement that really only kids can convey.
She was ready to keep going even when the bigger kids were asking to head home.
We also found out that it's true that our new neighborhood is an awesome Halloween neighborhood. Tons of kids and families out and about. Lots of holiday spirit and decorations and festivities. Hooray for Halloween!
SOMETHING NEW: Look for a brand new downloadable project class to help you document your Halloween (a chipboard minibook) coming from me very soon. I'm putting the finishing touches on the PDF and video and hope to have it posted and ready for purchase sometime today or tomorrow.
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Fantastic ! What a chance you have ... Here in France, Halloween is almost non existent, very few people celebrate it ... but we did !
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Your neighborhood Halloween makes me feel I've stepped back in time. What a wonderful experience, & thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Carol
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love the costumes Ali! it's so fun to see how excited the kids get and everyone get into the spirit of the holiday. Love all your pumpkins lined up. :)
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Loved the costumes and pictures and your front porch with the pumpkins all lit up. And I especially like the "E". What a wonderful Halloween memory with your family. :)
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I totally love your E pumpkin. I'm always trying to come up with fun things to cut out of our pumpkins other than faces, so this is something I will keep in mind for next year!! Looks like yall had a wonderful time!
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I'm a nursing student and I'm afraid I'll be dropping out soon due to my dangerous addiction to your blog/family! Jk... but seriously. Your blog is dangerous. Love the costumes! :)
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I think I'll have to send my son to you next Halloween. In Australia we don't celebrate it but my son badly wants to dress up and trick or treat. We had one knock at the door and I put a jackolantern out but that was about it.
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Oh my goodness, these are fantastic costumes/photos. TFS.
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Love the kids costumes, LOVE the adult efforts, and love the glowing pumpkins (especially the E). I live in a part of the world that doesn't really celebrate Halloween but it sure looks like a lot of fun. TFS
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Love the line-up of children and the line-up of jack-o-lanterns :o) I miss trick-or-treating with little ones...they really do enjoy everything about it.
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Thank you for sharing your Halloween memory for 2010. I loved looking at all of your photos. I adore the photo of your little Anna walking up to the door all by herself. What a precious photo.
Mary
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Ali, so glad you had such a great Halloween! Thanks so much for sharing!
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Wow sounds like an amazing Halloween. My son got sick 15 min before we started walking...it was his first Halloween :(. At least we have some pics.
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So much fun! Makes me hope for a halloween like this sometime in my future :) Thanks for sharing the great pictures!
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Your costumes look fantastic and it looks like you had a great time. Anna looked so cute as, I assume, a ladybug. Also really like your E on the pumpkin.
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I love that you were able to capture Indy's joy at seeing his dad in costume. Glad you had a fun Halloween.
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Ali, my husband always dressed up to take our youngest child out trick or treatong. I made a point of taking a picture of the two of them dressed up every year. It became as much fun for him as it was for Nick. Its nice to see the pictures each year especially since Nick is now 15 and has not gone out over the past two years. So amke sure you capture these father/son moments.
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LOVE the look on Simon's face when he sees his dad for the first time. Classic. . . .
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