Halloween Fun

We had a wonderful Halloween with Ella this year. Our morning started out at the YMCA. Ella and I go there three times a week for my water aerobics class. Yesterday they had a Halloween party for all the kids in Kids Watch. The kids got to decorate brown paper candy bags, they got their faces painted, and then they went trick or treating around the Y. They could also wear their costumes, but Ella and I didn't know that since we were out of town last week. Here's a picture of Ella's cute face painting and another of her sweet, smiling face that I just can't resist adding.





Then last night we went trick or treating with our friends the Mazon's. Johnny is one of the pastors at our church, and they were some of the first friends we made when moved to Knoxville last year.

Last year Ella was very frightened by all the activity around her. This year, she thought trick or treating was great fun! She was very polite. She'd say "Trick or treat" at every house and said, "Thank you" with no reminder about 80% of the time. She also mentioned that she could now teach Brenna to trick or treat. She's starting to relish the idea of teaching her little sister new tricks when she arrives.

Here's pictures of all the kiddos!

Ella's smile should show you how THRILLED she was to dress up as Wags the Dog from The Wiggles. She thought it was the best costume ever, and she would "ruff, ruff" on command. She was so cute!!! When she would run, the tail on her costume would wag back and forth just like the tail of a real dog. It was precious!


This next picture is Ella, Maddie Grace (as Cinderella), and a very tired Annie Beth (as Tinkerbell). Ella and Annie Beth are only 2 months apart in age, but all three girls are wonderful friends. I swear, we could drop Ella off at the Mazon house and never come back, and she would assume that she was just meant to be a part of their family. In the second picture, we added the Mazon's little boy Trace.




And finally, a Griffin family picture.