Halloween 2009

Rhett turned to the dark side as Darth Vader.
At the last minute, Blair decided to be a cheerleader wearing Micah's Pirate cheer uniform.

Micah is Rapunzel, complete with wig and a hoop dress.

Every year, we have always taken the kids to the Charlestown Square for Trunk-or-Treat and then to First Baptist church for their Trunk-or-Treat. This year, we decided to go to Grandma Sharon's neighborhood for real door-to-door trick-or-treating. The kids absolutely LOVED it!! In their words, "We didn't get as much candy, but we had more fun. Oh, and we got better candy, too!" (Meaning they got a lot more chocolate and variety and less suckers and smarties, I guess.)

Since Rhett was going as Darth Vader, Blair insisted she wanted to be Yoda for Halloween. However, she didn't want to be a "boy." I had even bought the Yoda costume. I tried to get Micah to be Princess Leia and have a whole Star Wars theme going on, but it didn't happen. Blair looked cute in her Yoda costume, but it just didn't fit her bubbly personality. At the last minute, with the persuasion of Olivia, Desiree, and some teenagers at church, she changed her mind and went as a cheerleader. The next day, she said that she would be Yoda next year. And if you ask her today, she'll tell you the same thing. (Parent tip to myself: Just let them pick and don't choose for them! ;)

Micah also decided that her costume wasn't very practical. She took the wig off at about the 3rd house (it was itchy) and she kept stepping on her hoop dress on every incline which caused her to fall down about 15 times (at least) that night. Oh well, live and learn, I guess!