Halloween

I suppose most of you have gathered that Stella would be some sort of ladybug creature for Halloween. She's been wearing her wings for weeks now, and it was quite a treat to pull out all the stops with her full costume. For months now, Stella has been dreaming of being Ladybug Girl, her absolute favorite character. She has all her books, loves pouring over the pictures and pretty much demands that we call her Lulu on a regular basis. And I speak for Brian and I when I say we couldn't be more thrilled that Stella has such a bold, smart and confident alter ego. So bring on the Bug Squad. We're in.

Halloween was pretty low key around here. Stella pretty much understood the holiday to mean that she got to dress up in her costume for about a month beforehand. So the day was just another bit of dress up. We met up with the usual suspects - Isaac (and now Eddy!), Scarlet (and now Evy!) and Nali. The kids had a blast running around in Fairhaven as half the town showed up in full costume.

Phoebe was supposed to be a little ladybug sidekick, but it was sadly too cold. Her little sack of a costume didn't really accommodate the necessary layers of fleece and wool. So we improvised and fortunately had a little dragon snow suit (Thank you, Aunt Ann!) that the wee Phoebster rocked. (And, as you'll see, so did every other baby in town. What is it with dragons and babies?)

The expanding crew.

(Little Evy was too comfy on her Mama to disturb for a photo op.)