Last week was a busy on in our household. We stretched out celebrating Halloween with a week of activities. Okay, not really a week. More like 2 nights, but with a little one that can feel like a week. Wouldn't you agree?
Tuesday night we headed to Lake Arcadia with our friend's Melissa, Brian and Katie Beth. For the past few years they've held a deal called Storybook Forest. It's geared towards the little ones to have a fun Halloween without being frightened. Parents walk their children along a wooded path where the stop to hear nursery rhymes and trick or treat. It's such a great idea!
Here we are making a stop by the Old Woman That Lived in a Shoe's house.
Courtney and Katie Beth taking a peek inside the Three Little Pigs house of bricks. 
Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater!
One of my new favorites of my two favorite people!
We had a great time with our friend's that night. It gave the girls a chance to work on their trick-or-treating skills!
Last night we had a houseful of people to help celebrate Halloween! Clay's mom drove up from Georgetown, TX, my parents, sisters, nephews, niece and two of my friends and their kiddos came over too. We made a big pot of soup, threw on the kid's costumes and snapped some pictures. Well, at least we tried. Okay, here's the deal. My friend, Meredith, made this fantastic mushroom costume for Courtney. Her little boy, Trey, was going to be a gnome so we needed a mushroom to coordinate and I volunteered Courtney to be the fungus. It was a riot! Too bad Courtney thought otherwise.
Here she is with Trey "The Gnome".
She took a little break in her crying fit to at least pose with her dear ol'Mom who was torturing her by making her wear this adorable costume! Thank you Mer, for having this kind of talent! I wish I had half of her talent.
We took the mushroom cap off once we headed out to trick-or-treat. She was fine after that. It was then that I realized that we were in such a hurry that I forgot to put any shoes on her. Thankfully, it was a mild evening and she did have socks on her feet! Strike one for Mommy!
After going door to door for two blocks, we headed back home. The kids were so cute once we got there. They were all so quiet and loved playing together.
Here are some pics earlier that day. My sister, Brooke, dropped off their wagon so we took Courtney for a ride. She loved it! Notice she was decked out in her OSU outfit (courtesy of her Mimi). Too bad OSU decided not to show up at the game and actually win! But that's another blog. Back to cuteness:
Here she is with her best pal, Holly!
Hope you all had nothing but treats on Halloween! Now onto the rest of the holidays!
