Happy Halloween!

The "German Boy" and princess fairy

Karina initially wanted to be a ghost for Halloween, but it ended up that most ghost costumes are not child friendly...they were very scary...kind of "Scream" type costumes. So it ended up not being a very good idea. She had lots of other ideas ranging from a clown to a princess to a ballerina to a turtle. In the end she decided to simply wear the costume she got as a gift from Elsa which was I believe actually a fairy, but Karina liked to call it a princess fairy because then it seemed like she was two of the things she wanted to be at once! She and I went trick or treating around the neighborhood and although it was freezing (Karina wore her winter coat over her costume the entire time) she had a lot of fun saying "trick or treat" and getting lots of candy. After that we drove over to Aunt Beth's to go around her neighborhood with Elsa, who was dressed as a witch. They had a good time and got a lot more candy!

Tommy was much simpler because I dressed him in the same "German Boy" costume that he wore to Oktoberfest. He could have borrowed Karina's old lamb costume...Karina insisted we try it on him one time before Halloween and it fit and he looked really cute...but since he had another option with the costume lederhosen, I decided to go with that one. He didn't sample the actual trick or treating (it was too cold) or the candy (he really wasn't interested in it, so why give him such unhealthy stuff if unnecessary), but he seemed to love to play with the decorations and look at the lit candles!