It has been inexcusably long since we posted photos (for those two or three of you who are concerned about such things). I realized I have Halloween photos that never made it onto the blog. So we can look back at Halloween as we wait for March to go out like a lamb. (For at least a week, by the way, Maddie could not be convinced that she had the saying backward. In her world, March went in like a lamb and out like a lion. I think kindergarten peers finally convinced her where her parents could not.)
Leah was Mickey Mouse for the third year in a row. Therapy goal for '09: A new costume. Though we should probably not mess with a good thing. A Mickey costume is cheap.
Lauren and Maddie were a police officer and a witch.
For the evening festivities, Lauren decided she wanted a green face. (I will not be hanging out my shingle as a makeup artist anytime soon.) Maddie thought she might want a green face too, so for awhile it looked like we had an alien cop in our lineup. Then she saw how still Lauren had to sit during application, and Officer Maddie was back in her human form. I think the extensive face-washing afterward cured Lauren of further forays into Halloween makeup.
Auntie Julie joined us for trick-or-treating and candy consumption.
And once again, we had pumpkin carnage on our front porch.
5-year-olds are formidable opponents. After I barely beat Maddie at Wii Sports boxing, I wished I'd asked Santa for a home defibrillator.
Mimi made her holiday presence felt with Longhorns sweatshirts, which the girls wore on the day of the Fiesta Bowl. Their father watched the game rather grudgingly, as he felt they should have been playing in the title game. There was a lot of '45-35' commentary throughout the bowl season.
