Halloween!

I am finally posting about Halloween! And yes it is the middle of November. I haven't posted sooner because I have been super duper busy setting up my photography business. I am finally a legitimate business ~ Best Nest Photography. My website is finally complete. "Work" takes on an entirely different meaning when you do something that you absolutely love and are passionate about! I highly recommend it. It is so crazy to think that this - having my own photography business - was just a big dream curled up in my little heart for such a long, long time and it is now a reality. Scott has been an amazing help to me and completely and unconditionally supportive. He is with me through every little decision and big blunder. He never would have guessed that he would know so much about photography in all of his life! So that's where I have been and now on to the Halloween festivities...

Olivia has not been able to go to storytime anymore because she is in school every morning, but there was a special evening storytime for Halloween. So I took Olivia and we had a great time. It reminded me of the years past and how long we have been going to storytime and listening to Ms. Lavonne. How fast time is going! Olivia chose to be Ariel again same as last year. And a beautiful Ariel she was.

The next day it was Ethan's turn. We go to storytime every Wednesday morning, just like Olivia and I did. Ethan had a great time at Storytime listening to slightly spooky stories and eating delicious cupcakes! He loves going to storytime anyways but this was extra special. For this event he was a cowboy.

















Thanks to a smart Mommy, we carved pumpkins and took pictures outside in costumes on one of the most beautiful October evenings. It was Thursday evening before Halloween and it was about 60 something degrees outside. Scott took the pumpkins outside and got to work. Then the kids got into their costumes and I snapped away - in Michigan you never know when the weather's going to turn so I thought just in case it's bad on Halloween night let's take some pictures now. And thank goodness because Halloween night was very, very cold.






































Ethan was having a difficult time deciding what to be - notice the fireman's hat under his cowboy hat...
























Olivia/Ariel dancing around...so cute!






















I was fortunate enough to be able to go to Olivia's class Halloween party. What fun!

























A group of friends got together (moms and kids) on Halloween morning and had a little Fall Fun Party. We had tons of food, the kids played, decorated pumpkins, and even bobbed for apples - without the water! It was a great time and hopefully will become an annual tradition. Ladies?

As for Halloween night, we made our usual rounds to grandparents' homes (except for Nana's because she was in Florida visiting Gigi). Ethan would not put on a costume for this part. Although he did throw on his fireman's hat for a couple of pictures. But he finally did put on a costume when we got back home and were getting ready to go door-to-door trick or treating. This time he put on his special green alien costume from Gigi. It is from the movie "Toy Story." Poor Olivia was so cold she really had to bundle up and you could barely see her costume.