Once Upon a Time...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess named Cinderella.

She lived in a house with her friend (brother), Gus-Gus the mouse. 

Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother lived with them and took care of their every need.   

This year Lucy actually had an opinion about what to be for Halloween and of course, she picked a princess! Every year we've had kids, we've coordinated so that's just what we did!

My mom made the kids' costumes and did a fabulous job.  The mouse costume was so soft and adorable and the Cinderella costume got so many great compliments. I made mine and Spencer's costumes. 

We had lots of opportunities to wear them too - story time at the library, dance class, ward Halloween party, and, of course, Halloween.

The kids loved Halloween and were so excited to wear their costumes.  Lucy knew exactly what to do this year and taught Sammy along the way.  He was so cute to watch as he figured out what was going on.  "You mean they give me candy? Just for being on their porch? Ok, I'll wear the ears."

Before dinner, we decided to carve some pumpkins too.  Lucy helped decide what shapes to make all the eyes, noses, etc...

And Spencer did the carving.  I love the look of concentration on Sammy's face in this picture!

Here are our finished masterpieces.  :)