Fairies in Philly

photo courtesy of Lillian D.

Lillian and Sydney had their first "real" trick-or-treating experience this Halloween. A lady that Bobby works with at the hospital recommended some good trick-or-treating streets in the neighborhood and the girls scored quite a bit of candy! Lillian warmed up to the routine right away and she went right up to everyone and said "trick-or-treat"! She told us which houses we shouldn't go to because the lights were out, and she reminded us to bring a flashlight so we could see in the dark and not fall down. Sydney caught on quickly that the whole point of the outing was to get some great candy. It took her a while to get the "trick-or-treat" out, but when the bowl of candy was brought out she immediately reached for her portion. She wouldn't let anyone put the candy in the bag for her; she insisted on taking it herself and carefully putting it in her bag. Grandma and Grandpa B joined us for the evening as well and it was a lot of fun to see the girls interact with everyone and get excited about decorations, candy, and costumes.

the very first candy stop!!

Speaking of costumes, don't look too closely at the girls'. The sewing machine and I somehow managed to produce semi-wearable outfits for the occasion. Lil and Syd still use them as dress-ups and prance around the house in them, but I'm not sure how long they'll hold up. Next year I'm going to hit the Halloween Special at Wal-mart and save myself some sanity (and a broken sewing machine needle flying through the air and almost poking my right eyeball out). Despite the long, hard, sweat-labor at the sewing machine, it was worth it. My little fairies were pretty darn cute. And by the way, Lillian wasn't any old fairy...she was Tinkerbell. Sydney was just a cute little fairy, but she picked out the red wings. Mommy was a jack-o-lantern (or a lady who swallowed a pumpkin whole), and Daddy was the pumpkin patch farmer. Yay for Halloween and bottom-less bags of candy!!

my little home-spun fairies

daddy-daughter moment (or farmer-fairy moment?)