Halloween 2013!

And just like that, another holiday has flown by.

Quinn's 3rd Halloween.
 

I can't believe two years ago we were bringing a teeny little babe in a teeny pumpkin hat to the neighbours house to trick-or-treat.

Time flies.

 

So without further ado, here’s how our Halloween 2013 played out...

First we searched high and low for the perfect gourdes.

 

 

Then we took our precious cargo home and got to work gutting and carving.

 

 

Here's Daddy's creation:

 

 

And here's Mommy and Quinn's creation:

 

 Little Miss Cookie Monster ready for Halloween!

It was raining that night, so she was prepared with her umbrella.

 

 

As for trick-or-treating, Quinn, as always, exceeded my expectations.

She said please and thank you at each house and when the door closed she would say to me, 'Another house?' Gosh she was so excited...

 

My parents and aunt Heather came with us and I managed to take this picture of Q and my Dad on our back home. Although its blurry and not the best quality, its one of my favorite pictures. She just loves her Grumpa so very much.

 

And for fun, I thought I'd share my Halloween costume...

 

My friends had a Halloween party last weekend and one of my girlfriends (Hi Vanessa!) had the genius idea of us dressing up as the ladies from the movie Bridesmaids.

 

Not too shabby for a couple WalMart outfits, some pink ribbon and a wedding dress that won't zip up in the back (eep....I need to hit the gym...) 

 

xo, Vicky

C'est l'Halloween!

Being at work yesterday without a functioning cell phone was torture.

I am one of those people that feels like they've lost a limb if they don't have their phone 24/7.

Its kind of pathetic.

 

Anyways, to start things off I would like to share with you a link that my BFF Kristina e-mailed to our group of girlfriends:

It's a classic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy5V1lD_0Rs

 

This song brings back vivid memories of being a kid in elementary school.

Love it.

 

And now I present you, the Halloween (and other miscellaneous things) photo dump:

 

First up, on Monday, my stud-muffin hubby was given the Queen Diamond Jubilee Medal for his amazing work. SO PROUD!

 

 

Tuesday, Simon and I kept Quinn home from daycare and we had a family day! We carved pumpkins and relaxed. It was delightful.

 

This is Quinn's 'ewww what the heck is this stuff' face.

 

Putting the kid to work.

 

Quinn discovered little pumpkins fit in bigger ones.

 

Ta da!

 

Somebody loves pumpkins <3

 

Somebody loves to eat pumpkins

 

Sneaking another bite after we took the pumpkin guts away. Cheeky monkey.

 

Later that night I went out for dinner and a show with some girlfriends.

 

 

I have the most beautiful group of friends.

Seriously they are all smokin' hot.

 

Pumpkin cheesecake

 

White chocolate cheesecake

 

What show did we go see?

Heck yes!

 

It was AH-MAZING!

 

And that brings us to October 31, 2012

HALLOWEEN!

 

Our front porch

 

Jack'O Lanterns

 

Uh-oh

 

Spooky...

 

Obama stopped by to hold our child and to scare the bejesus out of neighbourhood children.

 

A little duck and a little zebra ready for CANDY!

 

While Simon and Quinn were trick-or-treating, Mama was having a treat of her own.

 

Quinn checking out her haul

 

Somebody loves candy :)

 

I remember being a kid on Halloween and coming home to see what kind of goodies I got. My sister and I would sort everything and store our candies in these. We thought we were SO cool.

 

Holidays are a million times more fun now that Quinn is here.

 I know I sound like a broken record, but

I LOVE THIS KID.

 

I'm going to end this post with a bit of a cliff-hanger.

Something pretty darn special happened last night.

 I will try to contain my excitement until tomorrow when I can share the video.

Stay tuned...

 

xo, Vicky