Halloween

For Halloween this year, Micah was a chef and Elizabeth was a strawberry. I learned a rather important lesson this year.... NEVER choose a costume for a toddler that involves wearing a hat :P


If you do choose a costume with a hat, have your husband practice his dropping the hat on the child's head and running out of the picture skills... they will be needed. Here is a great action shot :)

You can also opt for the sneak up behind the toddler and hover the hat on top of their head approach.

Babies are a little more tolerant of Halloween headwear :)

Especially if Pa is around for entertainment~

Getting the toddler to sit next to the baby for pictures may prove problematic. Try our approach of suspending both children in the air for ease in handling~

Finally, remember that a good costume should be able to serve multiple purposes including providing teething support~

Micah went trick-or-treating for the first time this year and he's a HUGE fan :) He really got into it and was good about saying hi and thank you to each neighbor. He only went for a short time, but he got a seriously large candy haul. Nate and I are helping him to work his way through it :)