Can we go trick or treat mom?

Boy is Gwen getting excited about Halloween. All of her favorite shows have been airing their Halloween episodes lately and Gwen has been going around talking about Trick or Treating and singing the songs that go along with the shows. Grace doesn't have a clue, but she's still enjoying it all. We had a playgroup last week where the girls got to dress up in their costumes and decorate Halloween cupcakes...it was a lot of fun, and Gwen is more than willing now to tell everyone what she and Grace are going to be for Halloween. Right now she is running back and forth between my bedroom and hers saying trick or treat and that she's going to be a lady for Halloween (she's got her blanket wrapped around her waist like a skirt). She's such a hoot.

Because of Robbie's schedule and all the late nights he has, we decided to do our pumpkins Saturday night. Every weeknight except for Thursday he is gone until 7 pm, and with the girls going to bed at 8, it's really hard for us to find the time to do anything after he gets home besides him eating dinner and spending some time with the girls before bed. So, Saturdays and Sundays are the days for us to do things like this (though Sunday night is usually FHE for us). Robbie was nice enough to carve our pumpkin (like he didn't want to...he had so much fun)...

and the girls just painted theirs. We didn't want a big mess with them and we thought that they would have more fun painting their pumpkins instead. I supervised the painting and helped Grace when she needed more paint. Gwen is so used to painting now that she just does everything for herself. We get a flat dish (usually a tupperware lid) and squirt a bunch of different colors of paint on it for her and off she goes. Grace still has to ask for more paint because otherwise we end up with paint everywhere-the floor, the table, the chairs, her hair...everywhere. They had so much fun painting their pumpkins and are quite proud of the way they look. Gwen was a bit disappointed though that she wasn't going to get to carve her pumpkin like Daddy was.

Yesterday we also made Halloween sugar cookies and decorated them. I do something with a friend of mine once a week and the girls get the chance to play with her son, so we had them over to help as well. Grace liked eating them more than decorating them, but Gwen decorated 4 or 5 cookies (while eating the sprinkles and m&ms at the same time). We can't wait for Halloween!!

Oh, and for those of you who haven't heard Gwen's latest funny...among others this weekend, this one was probably my favorite. She was sitting at the table with Grace eating dinner while I did some laundry and without knowing I was looking, she put her fork to her mouth like a microphone, looked up at the ceiling and said, "Ladies and gentlemen...introducing the little girl who's going to take a bath!" I cracked up...she is such a hoot, and Grace is getting there too (she spazes out every time a ball is thrown and she gets to chase it). I get a laugh a day out of those two!!