BirthdayPartyHallowTime

Birthdays, Halloween, Daylight Savings Time...we like to jam it all in to two days.  There is so much going on but we always love to do it all. When will we learn how crazy it is to attempt!? 

Evangeline, 5 1/3 years old

For Halloween Evangeline was a butterfly for school and Belle of Beauty and the Beast for Trick-or-Treating. Rowan dressed as soldier and loved being in camo.  Cillian put up with being in a Tigger suit for most of the day but was sound asleep before we hit the streets for candy later that night.

Baby's First Halloween...dug up a Tigger suit for this bouncy babe!

Both Eva and Rowan has class parties where Mom, Dad, Cillian and Memme were welcomed to be active participants.  That morning there was a school-wide parade where Evangeline was the lead!

Dad visits Rowan's classroom for their Halloween Party

Rowan's birthday moments were early in the morning and before, during, and after Trick-or-Treating. He really enjoyed opening presents throughout the day as they arrived from family and friends and he enjoyed celebrating and being with just about all his favorite people.

If you are familiar with Sandra Boynton you'll understand that I think a-cake-a-day keeps The Birthday Monsters away! We had Cookies n' Cream cake and cupcakes for Rowan on Friday and then Reese's Peanut Butter Cup cheesecake (and Halloween candy) for Alan on Saturday.

Happy Birthday Alan!

Thanks to Memme and Grandpa for being with us as we celebrated and for enjoying the beautiful fall weekend we had in Upstate New York. Thank you too for being the photographers for the weekend!

The Birthday Clean Up Crew

Next year there will be a scheduling reprieve as Halloween will fall on a weekend. This will help us to break up the school festivities for one day and then celebrate Rowan's actual birthday and the Halloween trick-or-treating for the 31st.

But, as always, our time is so much more a treat than a trick :)