Happy Halloween...

For what started out as such a tough week for our family, we were so lucky to have our little Avery to lift our spirits at the end of the week. She had a great Halloween, and even got to do some trick-or-treating with our friends from down the street.

Avery got to dress up for school on Thursday and Jon put her in this adorable, and hilarious outfit....


Our annual pumpkin carving tradition before Trick-or-Treating. Avery helped draw the faces this year (ok, she really just stabbed the pumpkin with the pencil a few times)...

And she was very interested in cleaning out the pumpkees...

Here are their masterpieces...

Chloe put on her pumpkin costume for a photo with Avery...

Here is our little Ladybug getting ready for trick-or-treating...

The minute we got home, Avery dug into her loot. She had so much fun getting candy from strangers. Although she didn't really understand the concept and ended up giving half the people candy from her bag instead of taking candy from them...

Avery really wanted this lollipop, so we caved and let her have a little bit, even though it was about 20 minutes before bedtime. I really hope we're not regretting that decision at 2am tonight...