Halloween (I know it's a month late)

It really does feel like Halloween was a week ago to me. I swear the time is flying like crazy. Well, here's the recap of what we were doing over a month ago.

Getting set to carve pumpkins. Nina was interested for about 5 seconds, which didn't bother me. I didn't quite trust her around the knives. Luckily the Halloween Charlie Brown movie was on TV which kept her happy and let us carve away.

Here's my finished pumpkin and for some reason we don't have a picture of Tyson's. Sorry bud, you spent such a long time on it too. :(

We met up with Nina's friend Sadie at the mall for trick-or-treating. They were more interested in the candy machines than the actual trick-or-treating.

We ran into their friend Atley there, too. Aren't the three Disney girls so cute!

Belle, Tink, and Alice

Sadie met up with us on Halloween to do actual trick-or-treating.

Grandma Beth helping out with the trick-or-treating.

Grandpa was a trooper and manned the door while we were out. Thanks for doing that two years in a row!

*Side note about Nina's costume: She was supposed to be a chicken this year. I thought this was the last year I could decide what she was to be. I started making her costume and wanted to try it on her to make sure it fit. She took one look at it and started screaming "no, no, no". She wouldn't even try it on. Who knew she had such a strong opinion. Oh well, she ended up being a really cute Alice.

Disneyland with Grandma and Grandpa

Nina and I have been trying to take advantage of our Disney passes and it sure helps that Grandma and Grandpa have them too. We took a trip to Disneyland at the end of October. I just love all the holiday decorations and the Halloween ones did not disappoint.

Waiting for the Tiki Room. Grandpa was NOT excited to go, but Nina loved seeing all the birds sing.

Hmm...she begged to see Mickey but got a bit fearful when we got too close. I love the look of absolute terror on her face.

Jesse wasn't as scary, especially when Grandma acted as a buffer.

Nina thought this "Little Mermaid" carousel was the "Nemo" ride because she got to ride a fish. Worked for us because it probably saved us an hour of waiting in line for the real "Nemo" ride.

Disneyland really does seem magical and I'm glad Nina loves going so much. She talks about all the rides and even Mickey Mouse every single day!