Giving Nemo a Run for His Money!

We're getting spoiled. Like last year, Auntie Molly volunteered to make Marin her Halloween costume. Of course, in typical Molly fashion, she completely out did herself. She totally designed the whole thing without a pattern and made it adorable, functional and honestly, the cutest costume of the night. And don't think she just threw this thing together. She worked on it for months. The extra details and touches that she included are extraordinary.

Marin is obsessed with fish. So of course she had to be a fish for Halloween. I'll let the pictures do the talking here, but they don't even do it justice. When she ran, all the little fins wiggled and bounced and the tail swayed from side to side. Nemo better watch his back. There's a new fish in town, and if you ask her mama, she's even cuter.

We had a great Halloween kicked off by a breakfast out at our favorite spot down the street. Never mind that I threw my swedish pancakes up in the bushes at the bank on the way home- we still had a great time! That afternoon, Auntie Molly stopped by to see Marin in action. And after a trip to Grandma and Grandpas to kick off trick or treating, that evening we went to a party at our neighbors house where we all had dinner together and then all went trick or treating together (road sodas for the (non pregnant) adults!). It was adorable. And hands down the very best way to do trick or treating. Kids say the most hilarious things, and I think it is only amplified when they are all together. After our buckets were full and the little ones feet were getting tired, we headed back to our neighbors for a night cap and some more Halloween crafts for the kids.

Marin really got into trick or treating this year, saying "trick treat" at each door, and then "tank too" after she was handed her candy. Then she'd bolt of at lightning speed to catch up to her friends at the next door. It was one of those priceless moments you imagine when you picture what it will be like to have children. Such a fun night. I've said it before and I'll say it again. We feel like the luckiest family in the world to have landed on this street filled with the very best neighbors on the planet.