Treat Please!

The girls had a difficult time deciding what they were going to be this year for Halloween. We thought Belle and Arial were in, but Ella was having a hard time with her "itchy" dress, which meant Katie's was "too itchy!" too. I thought I had them talked into dressing up as LSU cheerleaders (I was even going to paint a Mike the Tiger face on them), but they balked at the last minute. Literally moments before leaving, we were looking in the closet and Ella spied last year's Easter dress and said, "Wow! That sure would be a pretty princess dress and it wouldn't be itchy at all!" How could I say no to that?

We went trick or treating a the base again this year -- wow, what a treat (pun intended, of course!). Without a doubt, the BEST way to do Halloween with little kids. As we were driving to the base we had a huge discussion about which princesses were 'white', meaning which one wears a white dress? We decided Giselle (from Enchanted, the newest Disney princess movie) wore white. But, Katie remembered that we had a book about Lacy the snowflake who was special and made the snow sparkle and she decided that in her white dress she sort of looked like Lacy the snowflake. Hence, the girls became fairy snowflake princesses. Ella was blue, of course, with a blue princess crown and Katie was pink (thank goodness I had the foresight to just bring a collection of princess crowns with me so the girls had plenty to choose from).

The base festivities began with a parade. This is one of the first times we didn't bring the stroller with us and, in hindsight what a mistake... our little ones were pooped before we even began the trick-or-treating, but they managed to rally.... Note to self, BRING STROLLER on ALL EXCURSIONS!

Thinking Kate & Ella were going to be LSU Cheerleaders, you'll notice Daddy (and Momma too) dressed as a LSU baseball player.

The girls having a little snack in the back of the van prior to treating.

Putting on our make-up.

Katie helping out with Ella's make-up.
All decked out and ready to go (at this point, the girls looking a little more 'trick-ish' than 'treat-ish').

A photo op with Mom before we hit the streets. Ella giving her funny 'fake' smile.

Trick or Treat?

A quick loot check.

Looking a little more ghostly than snow-flakey under the street lamp.
This is not what it looks like... Ella is NOT unhappy. She's telling me about the scary face she saw that "looks sad...""...and has a mouth that looks like this..." "...and blood going down like 'dis..."

Katie, on the other hand, IS mad.

She's "TIRED, Mommy!" and wants to "GO HOME!" and "QUIT TAKING PICTURES OF ME, MOMMY!" She yells at Daddy to "stop talking and drive TOWARDS MAC-DONALD'S and GET ME SOME MILK -- RIGHT NOW!!!"