"When there's a smile in your heart... you can fly, you can fly, you can fly!"

Fall pumpkin addition: Halloween is a great culminating event to wrap up fall and send us straight into the holiday season. If they would play Christmas music November 1st, I'm not ashamed to say I would be listening.
We've been buying our pumpkins the last few years at Pahl's market. They have the best BIG pumpkins and a pretty sweet lay-out that makes for a fun romp. Lily had a lot of fun this year exclaiming "That's a big pumpkin!!" at several of the freakishly large gourds.

Always running EVERYWHERE!
"Mama- I want this one!"

(the biggest one we ended up with was 27 pounds!)

Tricks and Treats: This year we visited the Zoo Boo for the 1st time and loved it! Lily is such a fan of the carousel and dressed in her fairy costume with crown and wand in hand made it all the better. The people dressed as animals were a bit frightening- instead of saying "trick or treat" or thank you, she would exclaim "Good bye!" as each dressed up volunteer gave her a treat. The costumes and scenes were really creative though, and they gave a variety of snacks and treats, rather than just candy. PLUS the event is a fundraiser for the zoo- Yeah!

The horsies at night were a lot of fun!

Ain't that the truth? : )

The main event: This year Lily's official costume was the one and only Tinkerbell! She 's been talking about being her ever since Gia and Elliot bought her the costume. We found the wand at a little boutique on Grand- when Lily saw it she gasped "Mama- it's Pixie Hallow!" (Tinkerbell's home, for those yet to experience the movie). We made it a family affair, with Bjorn dressed as Peter Pan and me as Wendy.

Suckers were Lily's #1 choice treat

"Pixie Hallow!!"

I spared Bjorn the joy of tights, this year anyway...

Lily's pumpkin, carved completely free-hand without a stencil.

I'm positive I've never been so proud of a creative endeavor.
Seriously, ever.

I wanted to coat it in plastic and save it forever.

Happy Halloween 2009!