Evening Gowns

The girls love dressing up in their princess dresses, and the other night I couldn't resist getting the camera out & letting them really ham it up! 

Of course, low light conditions and I don't know WHAT my settings were, but most of the pictures came out super blurry, but a few nice ones nonetheless.

our golden girl

(original liv - golden girl pics here)

who could possibly resist trying to kiss this beauty?

Fluffy... kinda?

Liv spotted this guy wandering across the backyard, and came running to tell me. (Good Decision, kiddo! just like I taught you to!) 

I happened to be on the phone with Jeff, and I put her on the phone to tell him what she found. 

Daddy, we found a spider, one of the big, brown, ummm.. fluffy ones.

 Fluffy? I guess....

*shudder*

Cuddles

nite, nite, Daddy.

nite, nite, Mimi.

Good Bye, Asher

Asher went on her final adventure last night. 

Some bigger critter must have been a more skilled hunter in the light of the full moon. 

so sad. 

we'll miss her. 

Afternoon Painting

Trip to the Beach

We decided to have an adventure and travel to the beach for a picnic and a few hours of play. 

It was a wonderful time! All kinds of digging, running, exploring, sand angels, sand castles, rolling out sand cookies, chasing gulls, gathering treasures. Good stuff!

Trunk or Treat

I had never heard of trunk or treat and had to do some Google-ing to figure out what I was getting myself into. Actually quite a lot of fun. Here's the idea: a group of people plan to get together for "trick-or-treating" in a parking lot, everyone decorates or dresses up their car & the kids go from car to car; instead of house to house. 

Looks like a great solution for my flood-savaged hometown, Owego, NY  (or watch an important video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbTt7bmAFx4) which has always had a big community turn-out for their annual Halloween parade. 

Here is a picture of the girls in their costumes:

Our van in it's Hawaiian Beach get-up

Liv, checking out the Bone mobile

"trunk or treat!"

We played at the playground after.

Until Mimi smeared the lens with lollipop. :)