Halloween

Yes, it's that time of year. It's definitely the Bryden Family's favorite Holiday. Ellie was so exctied about decorating this morning. The first thing she said when she got out of bed was, "where's the halloween boxes?" So we've spent the better part of the day unpacking all the boxes of stuff and convincing Ellie that our 6-foot mummy wasn't real. Tomorrow we'll do some more specific placement of items. It's still a mess here. Our living room looks like a Halloween shop!
Ellie & I are also trying to plan a Halloween party for her and Fisher. We thought about doing it last year, but since we went to Disney, that would have stressed me out too much. This year looks like it will work out. She loves Halloween as much as I do. Fisher is just going to have to love it, too - he's got no choice.
Ellie's cousin Allison came over to play tonight, too. That was so fun for the girls. We don't have kids up here to play very much and tonight just made me realize that we need to do it more often. They had a blast. Of course, I tried to stay out of the way and let them play, but Fisher wanted to be right where they were! We were playing in his room and he could hear the girls upstairs and couldn't stand it. He crawled right out of his room and up the stairs (with me right behind him, of course.) So needless to say, we were right in the middle of their fun, but they didn't seem to mind.