Are you a good witch or a bad witch? Part two...

This year I had a fabulous idea for the girls' Halloween costumes. Seriously it was amazing. I had been worried that this would be the year that the girls would start to have an opinion about their costumes. So far they didn't mind dressing up as whatever I thought was cute or funny. I keep imagining the year when Eliza insists on being a fairy-princess-cheerleader-kitten-ballerina doll or something equally heinous like Dora the Explorer. Fortunately the girls were totally on board with my fabulous idea. Last week, I decided to take the girls to Goodwill to find a part of the would-be costumes. This was my first mistake. While I was looking through all the costume possibilities, Naomi found the witches hat aisle... Within seconds, she and Eliza were both dressed up as witches, charming all the grandma-aged store attendants. They insisted on being witches again. I told them that if their costumes still fit, they could once again be the good witch and the bad witch.

Of course their costumes still fit... and in case you were wondering, they could have also been a bumblebee, a turtle, or a bunny. All of those still fit too. Well the turtle is more of a shirt costume now :)

Despite the recycled costumes, Halloween was great. Our neighborhood is Halloween crazy! Everyone had lights, spooky noises, tiki torches, and tables full of candy. I took the girls to a dozen or so houses until they filled their buckets with candy. We came back and sat in lawn chairs on our driveway (since that seemed to be the thing to do) and passed out candy. It was awesome! Unlike Indiana where you have to wear a coat over your costume or trudge through snow or rain puddles to trick-or-treat, we started our first Halloween in Florida in 74 degree weather. David kept saying how much fun he was having passing out candy. We had about 120 trick-or-treaters and met cute little playmates for Na and Z. The girls wished everyone, "Happy Halloween!!!" at the top of their lungs. We let them eat as many suckers as they wanted. They LOVED it!

Here are some pics of the fun. Two things to remember: 1) Naomi is the Wicked Witch of the West and Eliza is Glinda the Good Witch & 2) I am posting to blogger from my phone so the order may be scattered until I can fix it on the computer later.

Fun with GG Dot

We miss our GG. It was so fun to have her visit! Here are some pics from her visit.

Sponge Docks

We went to the Tarpon Springs sponge docks nearly a month ago... and I'm just now posting the pics. There is a huge Greek community in that area, which means awesome Greek bakeries and restaurants. We had so much fun walking along the water and choosing fabulous pastries. Here are some pics: Eliza is in orange. Also she picked out the funny hats from a street vendor. She said that she was pretending to be Fancy Nancy.