Cutest Witch in the West

There was so much Halloween Hoopla going on this week, I could hardly catch my breath.

Preparation for Halloween began quite some time ago. Acting upon my sister-in-law Stephanie's advise, I trolled the Etsy website for a perfect costume for Bridgette. I ended up going traditonal with a witch get-up that involved a bright tutu and a small hat adorned with ribbons, mesh and flowers. When it arrived at our house, I determined that I could create another hat like that for me, and Bridgette and I could be twinners - though she gets all the adorable points.

We ignored Kevin's costume for some time, but finally settled on a simple shirt stating, "I'M WITH THE WITCHES." For it, I have to profusely thank my friend Linnlee, who pitched in and made it for Kevin when I utterly ran out of time.



We had 4 parties to attend! For which I was very glad, as I wanted to get maximum exposure of Bridgette's costume.

1. We went to our Church's Halloween Carnival. It was outdoors, on horse property, and Bridgette got most excited about the horses. She also kept uttering excited, "Oh Oh's" at the ghosts hanging in the tree. With a sucker in her mouth, she danced around the Witch Hat Ring Toss and Pumpkin Bowling, heedless of the other costumed participants.

2. Bridgette, her cousin Lorin, and some of her second cousins came trick-or-treating to our law office. The staff - who all dressed in orange and black for the ocassion - oohed and awed over the cute kids. Eating pizza together and sharing candy from our ceramic pumpkin was much more fun than filing legal pleadings. By the end of lunch though, my little witch was pretty tuckered out.

3. Friday night, we traipsed down the street, and joined in a neigborhood pumpkin carving event. The folks from our street ate chili, conversed, and carved up their pumpkins with gusto. Bridgette enjoyed eating the pumpkin seeds. No, they were not roasted. But they were small enough to put in her mouth, so in they went.

4. Finally, on Halloween, we attended the Fall Carnival at my parent's church. The best part of this gig was seeing my parents dressed up! I swear cannot recall another Halloween where they actually got into costume. But since they were in charge of this event, they had to set a good example. Bridgette liked the cake walk and cookie decorating. We didn't think she was ready for the spook alley or coordinated enough for the donuts on a string. But good fun and food was had by all.

Our Halloween came to a close, passing out candy from lawn chairs on our front porch. It was such a pleasant evening, and we really enjoyed talking to the kids and their adult escorts. Our neighborhood was so busy, we had to make a run to the grocery store for a second batch of candy.

Hope all the rest of you had a spooktacular holiday!!!