Halloween Day 2016

Halloween was so much fun this year!! I know it is only going to keep getting better, but it's definitely not easy either.  The task of getting costumes, making sure the kids like the costumes, and then the fight of getting them to wear the entire costume can really be exhausting.  In the end, it's always worth it, but the battle is real. 

We started the morning off decorating my trunk for the trunk-or-treat function at the kids school.  This was the first year they have done it and it was really fun.  I may have almost cried when I realized that I didn't dress Brody in his costume when EVERY.OTHER.KID.DID.  It was a total Mom fail; but in my defense, Madelyn's classroom was not dressing up because they are the youngest and so in my head I thought the whole school wasn't dressing up.  I'm such an idiot.  The entire rest of the school DID dress up.  But thank goodness, he literally didn't say a word and didn't even notice!  He acted cool as can be and didn't even come up to me asking where his Buzz Lightyear costume was !! I still felt horrible though. 

That evening, we headed over to my brother and SIL's house to do some trick-or-treating.  The kids looked adorable in their costumes and they were happy to go collect candy!  We put the boys in the wagon and Madelyn in the stroller and off we went. 

our best family shot

hating her headpiece...

I hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween. 

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Our Fall Home Decor

I started putting our Fall decor out at the end of September this year and it started making me smile immediately. I love seeing all the pretty Fall colors throughout the house and my favorite thing of all is burning our Nest Pumpkin candle.  

Although it is still quite hot here, we are getting a little cooler weather in the mornings with a nice breeze.  I can start to feel Fall in the air.  I changed up the decor in our entryway a little bit this year; but otherwise, the rest of the decor is pretty close to the same as years past.  I hope you enjoy :)

 

 Fall Decor 2014

 

Scenes from Our Weekend | Halloween

Did everyone enjoy their Halloween weekend??  I honestly was never much of a fan of Halloween in the past.  I mean, I have always appreciated an excuse for a party; but I've just never been one of those people that can whip up a great costume for the occasion or was ever too excited about the excuse of showing off my midriff.  Now that I have kids, it certainly brings a bit more excitement to the holiday and like before; I still love the excuse to enjoy a party!!  So this year, we dressed up, trick -or-treated and had a great party.  

Friday evening was spent at home with wine and cheese.  #wild

And then we had a first for these two!  We put Madelyn in the bath with Brody and I was totally digging it.  Anything that helps streamline our nighttime routine is a plus in my book these days!  Don't you think she's starting to look so much like her big brother too???

Saturday we ran out to breakfast and then rushed around for a few last minute things for our Halloween night.  We were heading to our friends house for Halloween this year and for the 2nd half of the Florida vs. Georgia football game!  We left Madelyn at home with my MIL while we took Brody to the party and to do his first round of trick-or-treating.  

I had to snap a few pictures of the kids together in their Halloween costumes before we left for the party.  They totally nailed it, don't you think?? This is the first year we've been able to get a decent picture of Brody in his costume, so I was thrilled!

We kissed Madelyn goodbye, ordered our Uber, and off we went.  I put together a "Blue Angel" costume to go with my little pilot!  I was really into this blue hair and considering taking it for a spin every now and then...what do you think??  :)

My Rocksbox order this month totally nailed it and made for the perfect accessories for my costume. I haven't shared my Rocksbox goodies in awhile, but I always enjoy getting a few new fun pieces of jewelry each month.   My favorite this month was the Margaret Elizabeth Tear Drop Bangle.  If you're interested in a free month of Rocksbox, go sign up and use code: ANNIEBFF9.  I get a free month of you sign up too, so thank you ahead of time :)

My outfit all together (minus my wings) with my cute little pilot! 

The best family picture we could capture.

This was what our attempt to go trick-or-treating really looked like!! As soon as we got all loaded up to take the kids out, the bottom fell out and the rain came a pouring...

Thankfully our kids are still young enough that they really didn't know what they were missing out on yet.  They didn't like getting wet, so we headed home, threw them in the tub, put them in some warm PJ's and us parents enjoyed some cocktails and football while these love birds entertained each other!! I'll call that a win in my book...

And today I was reminded of this quote as all I wanted to do was eat hamburgers, pizza and chocolate all day long....  The diet starts tomorrow :)

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