Lions and Mermaids and Cinderella Superhero Wizards -- Oh My!

Halloween was a week-long event around our house this year. Between parties at school and at playgroup, at dance class and music class, at Papa's house and at our favorite consignment store, the kids got to wear several costumes each. I'm still kicking myself for not getting a photo of Isaac in the outfit of his choosing for evening storytelling and s'mores at Papa's: Cinderella dress + super hero mask + wizard hat on top of long-sleeved football pajamas = most hilariously adorable little boy!

Playgroup Halloween gang minus one beekeeper and his bee 

The queen and king getting ready for the Red Hen costume party

Sleeping Beauty and her dad roasting marshmallows in Papa's outdoor fireplace

Music Together crew of spider, faux-hawked punk rocker, super hero, Elmo and Mario

Amelia's dance class plus "big girl" helper and all the siblings

Tiny lion on the way to our neighborhood Halloween party  -- Sunset Creeky -- on the 30th

The Little Mermaid "swimming" her way around the circle to the start of the Sunset Creeky Halloween parade

A group of neighborhood kiddos in costume before the parade and party
(Isaac is crying and being held up by me because he was pretty freaked out by the Darth Maul mask -- it WAS creepy!)

Taking a ride on the Sunset Creeky Halloween train

Amelia and best neighborhood buddy Sophie

Halloween night at last: Let us Trick-or-Treat!!

Isaac checking out his first trick-or-treat loot

Both of the kids really got into the spirit (ha, ha) of Halloween and loved giving out treats as much as they liked getting and eating them. Although Isaac was freaked out by a few scary masks, overall he seemed much less scared of Halloween than Amelia did at this age. They were both trick-or-treating troopers!