Halloween

I am horrible at coming up with Halloween costume ideas and I'm not that crafty, so we opted for store-bought costumes this year.  Thankfully the store still had some despite our last minute purchases.  When we asked Emerson what he wanted to dress up like he said a pig but we couldn't find a pig costume, instead we found a cute elephant one.  Emerson was excited about it.  There was a giraffe costume that looked like it would fit Christian so we got it, unsurprisingly he looks adorable in it.  So our unplanned theme turned out to be Zoo Animals.  

I had to keep explaining to Emerson that Halloween was a day not a place.  He kept saying, "My want to go to Halloween Mommy." 

In addition to our ward Trunk or Treat, Emerson went Trick or Treating with his cousin Sadie and friend Gracie in Sadie's neighborhood.  He had fun and would walk up to the houses, knock on the door, get candy, then walk to the next house with no hesitations.  He was focused on getting more "treats."

My two wild animals!

Sadie the Ballerina and Emerson the Elephant with their "Munkins!" (that's how Emerson says it)

Savannah the Butterfly and Christian the Giraffe stayed home instead of Trick or Treating...until next year!

Emerson walking to the next house.  Gracie as "Little Red Ridding Hood"

Our little group of Trick or Treaters

I'm thinking I should go get next years Halloween costumes now when they're on sale so I'll be prepared.  So far Emerson seems satisfied with his 2 Halloween treats a day, but it's only been one day!

Does this thing work?

I'm new to the blogging community.  I created this blog back in July 2011 but didn't know what I was doing then and still don't.  I didn't even know how to find it after I set it up (is there a level before beginner?  If so I'm in that level).  Despite having many friends who blog and being told I needed to start a blog, I was an anti-blogger, thinking it was a waste of time or worthless or I'm not even sure what I thought.  Now I accept the fact that I just had no knowledge about the blogging world and was afraid to step into the unknown.  However, recently I've decided that I need to take that step because I want to be able to stay abreast of the happenings in my friends and families lives and allow them into mine.  I'm not big into Facebook, mostly because I don't like having a lot of my information out there on the "world wide web" and I'm told blogging can be more private (although I don't know yet how to make it that way) so I'm stepping out into the unfamiliar blogging world and hoping to find you all there.  Here it goes.