Halloween

 After my pumpkin debacle last year, Andy was back on carving duty.

See? This is why he has to do it every year.

I let Ellie pick her costume for the Halloween Carnival last weekend, but for tonight I really wanted her to wear this Pooh costume like the other kids did. I thought I would have to wrangle it on a screaming toddler (and I was okay with that), but then I had an epiphany: there is a picture of Pooh on her beloved blanket! Once I showed her that, she was all in! In this picture she's saying, "Pooh!"

She ended up being pretty excited about Pooh! Who knew?!

 She wasn't quite as excited about her Ninja Brother.

 

 But she made her peace with it.

Joey, on the other hand, was pumped about his Stealth Ninja costume. Then he referred to his Ninja Stars as boomerangs. When I told him what they really were, he was like, "Mom, they are boomerangs." Apparently I've been negligent in imparting all of my ninja knowledge that I learned from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to my only son. So sad.

This cutie loves the stroller so she was ready to rock and roll and get some candy.

As a tribute to the recently retired Allen Iverson, Andy pulled off this outfit at the last minute.

 This time Ellie was not so sure about Allen and his faux facial hair.

 One thing she was sure about? She loved getting candy.

As usual, we went trick-or-treating with a bunch of friends from the neighborhood.

 Joey and his best buddy Parker.

 Some of the gang.

 And the part they had been waiting for!

Yum!