Halloween 2009
Halloween was a total blur, mainly because we spent the week leading up to it trying to iron out the bugs of the community website, and as usual I waited until the last minute to buy candy and the only thing left at the grocery store was really expensive dark chocolate that makes little kids throw up.
Great.
So now not only are we the reclusive Internet people who run some sort of online website, have you heard? That house where that little shit of a dog escaped the house one time and chased that woman who was jogging along, minding her own business, and caught up with her and grabbed the bottom of her pants with her fangs? HELLO HEART ATTACK. AND LAW SUIT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
Some people have heard it's porn we do. Some people think we're Satanists and drink the blood of aborted hummingbirds. HA! IF THEY ONLY KNEW! They'd be so thoroughly disappointed and would probably remove my name from the prayer list.
Now we're the house that gives out crap candy. Except one kid dressed up as a hippie saw the bowl and was all DUDE! I LOVE DARK CHOCOLATE! That's a boy beyond his years. I bet he's a good listener and routinely hugs his mother.
Leta went over to her cousins' house and trick-or-treated with all of my sister's kids, and they say that she got fatigued after about an hour and started dragging her feet going I'M SO TIRED. SO TIIIIIIIRED. So my niece said, fine, let's go home, and then Leta realized that going home meant an end to the waterfall of candy, so she'd say, okay, JUST MORE HOUSE. ONE. MORE. And that exact dialogue continued for twenty more houses. And I was all, really? That happened? How surprising.
And then this morning when she refused to get dressed and I threatened to take away all that Halloween candy? Apparently I was treating her "like she was zero years old." I didn't see that one coming.
We stayed home with Marlo to hand out candy and troubleshoot the website. Meaning I made it all the way to 8:30 PM, and while I slept Jon sat beside me in bed with his laptop straightening out code. 8:30, y'all! Can I get a very awkward high-five and a HOLLA! That was the latest I had stayed up in MONTHS. SOMEONE STOP ME! Next thing you know I'm going to be spiking my Metamucil with blackberry schnapps!
Next week, the dogs in costumes! Coco is still exhausted from all the brain power it took to remain still for a photograph.
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1. flopsykitty said:
Those are the cutest children EVER!
2. Melissa C said:
That last picture made me laugh. Loudly.
3. Ashley_the Acci... said:
I bet your living room floor automatically transforms itself to include a blue background and shooting stars EVERY SINGLE TIME Marlo does something adorable. Which by the way is awesome.
How can I get my hands on kick ass flooring such as this?
4. Lizzy B. said:
That last picture of Marlo is BRILLIANT.
5. KellyKjellberg said:
too cute! i had a similar experience with my 5 y/o trick or treating, but she didnt do the one more house thing.... she wanted to home immediately when she was tired! course i bought good candy and she wasnt worried about losing out...
cant wait to see the dogs!
6. I Had Ice said:
Ha ha! I bought mini bags of pretzels to hand out and the husband told me I might as well give out pencils and erasers while I was at it. Fun!
I ended up spending another $35 on candy he approved of, and somehow we survived another Halloween.
You should have made Marlo's eyes bigger on that last picture, to make her appear cartoonish.
Love it! Leta looks lovely, as usual. I envy those eyebrows.
7. Sumunro said:
Marlo appears to have super powers like a Saturday morning cartoon character from the 70's.
Neat.
8. mandiegirl said:
OMG! That last photo is freaking HILARIOUS! :) Love the little glo worm!
9. SheilaJ said:
Love bug!! Too cute and Leta is adorable
10. Snippet said:
Such cute costumes, I can't wait to see the dogs'! I love Marlo with the blue star-burst background!!
11. WanderingOne said:
Dude, I totally want Marlo's costume. It looks so comfortable; I want to live in it. I'd never have to go to bed, and why? Because I'd be wearing it!
12. angelbee said:
Those two are so cute!
13. jenny said:
The last photo is excellent. Your children are so adorable! I can't wait to see the dogs in their get-up. :D
14. analogwatch said:
OMG. I love that last picture of Marlo! My two-month-old was a penguin but she looks so unhappy in all the photos (she hates hats) that I really can't do such an awesome photoshopping job on any of hers. :(
15. danil0v said:
I LOVE the fact that I'm not the only one who is routinely passed out by 8:30. . It's humiliating really; I catch myself commenting to my husband around 7:30 - 8:00 that 'it's gettin' kinda late.' Ya - late only for the select group of people on the planet right now raising 2 small children!
16. stargirlmia89 said:
Hahaha I loooove that last picture. I laughed so hard! They both look very cute :)
17. VBVB said:
Love the costumes! Marlo is sure starting to look a lot like Leta! WOW!
18. Anu said:
Absolutely adorable. Leta is the cutest witch ever and Marlo is so cute it hurts :)
19. Red Fury said:
My question is: What is happening to the excess dark chocolate now?!
I was expecting 200 kids, received 12 and have now consumed six (OK - 27), mini Aero bars.
At least you are getting the benefit of anti-oxidants!
20. HDC said:
Super mega SPARKLE BABY!
Also, Leta's witch hat rules.
21. Milla said:
ok, you've convinced me to have babies now, just so i can dress them up like tacos for halloween. then i will put hot sauce on them and eat them. nom nom nom.
22. sundance moods said:
Marlo's costume is just too darn cute! OMG!
23. Erin@TheLocalsLoveIt said:
Man you make cute kids.
24. Jennifer M. said:
That picture of you kissing Marlo is perfect. That look on your face says it all.
25. Mommys Blend said:
I am totally loving Leta's attitude lately via this & twitter... and she makes a totally adorable witch. I'd so let her cast a spell or two.
Now onto the Marlo costume -- I fucking love that costume. My son was in a little Halloween-y jumper thing for his first Halloween, he was about 2 months old though... but the little bug thing is stinkin' cute.
Thank you, as always, for entertaining me when I should be doing something productive like... my college assignments or housework or writing or entertaining the demon spawn, I mean, my lovely adorable three year old son that never makes me want to rip my hair out. Much.
I love having things HELP me procrastinate.
26. Shiree in Salt ... said:
Leta needs to be modeling. Seriously - that gorgeous white skin and those eyes! WOW Marlo is a cutie pie, and your Leta is amazingly beautiful!
27. laurahoward said:
Can you please tell me where you got Marlo's costume? I have to have it!
28. asdotnet said:
I can not point out the resemblance between enough. It is like a mini me for Leta. Those eyes, those cheeks, THAT MOUTH
29. Love_Monkey said:
I want to take that last picture and make a greeting card out of it that says, "I hope your day is so great that you shit sparkles!"
I love it!
30. The Prima Momma said:
Oh my! What a sweet little glo worm!
You have such beautiful daughters.
(At least you're not the house that hands out "nature's candy" i.e. raisins)
31. fudgeit said:
where, oh where did you get that bug costume? you can't tell the office i said this but that is so worth a second baby.
32. Trina said:
they BOTH look absolutely adorable! Where's your costume? :-)
33. simpliSAHM said:
Just wanted to say the boy beyond his years who loves dark chocolate? You almost hit the nail on the head with that one in regards to one of mine; he does routinely hug his mother though the listening thing could use improvement, but hey, what are you gonna do? He's a teenager and I'm lucky I've got a "good" one! Darling pics of the kiddos! That first one of Leta even has the ^ ^ eyebrow thing going on!
34. The Christine said:
Oh my god... glow-worm is too cute for words! It's hurting my eyes!
35. OKMom said:
Too cute!! Both of them. I'm sure you made a lot of parents happy with the dark chocolate!
36. Daddy Scratches said:
That last picture should be an album cover. "Halloween with The Armstrongs!"
Regarding the candy: My sister-in-law brilliantly turned us on to Wendy the Witch ... who, when the kids leave out their bags of candy before going to bed, takes them in exchange for a new toy that she leaves behind for each of them. (No, we don't take ALL their candy ... but most of it.)
Yes sir, I love me some Halloween ... perhaps a bit too much.
37. andygirl said:
it's amazing how fast your kids are growing! Leta looks like a short adult, I swear. and wasn't Marlo JUST BORN? she's so big!
38. BigMamaCass said:
Those are GREAT pics!! too cute!
39. Karen Chatters said:
Marlo looks DELISH!! So cute! And Leta's skin is so beautiful. Oh, to be young and have flawless skin. Ho hum.
40. workroom said:
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU SENT LETA OUT TRICK OR TREATING BAREFOOT!!!11!1!11!1
WRST MUTHER EVAR!
41. megandeKlined said:
Oh my uterus. That is the cutest baby costume I have ever seen!
42. Jess F said:
Adorable! I just knew Marlo could fart sparkles.
43. dabbles said:
that last picture totally had trumpets playing - i heard them.
and i know this is annoying, but my captcha is
carefree denver
that seems almost as cool as marlo, but not quite...
44. Crazy Card Lady said:
You had me at "routinely hugs his mother." Then I was almost knocked out by how intense purple makes Leta's eyes look. And finally the psychedelic glow worm is about the most adorable thing I have seen since my kids. You should certainly use that image for your postcards. Geeze those two kids are ooozing with cuteness!
45. josephine said:
First off, the last closeup pic of Leta and the starburst pic of Marlo made my ovaries cry... damn you and your unbelievable beautiful children!
As for the candy, we had three....count it...1.2.3...trick or treaters in 2008, and so we spent the next several months cursing the small children who didn't bother to wander down our block so we were REQUIRED to eat all of that leftover candy and add inches to our waistlines.
Mutual Pact - NO HALLOWEEN CANDY this year.
3 weeks before Halloween, husband walks in with 4 GINORMOUS bags of Halloween candy "because they were on sale!"
FML.
We did get 8 trick or treaters this year, but still... what's a girl to do with all of those kit kats lying around just WAITING to be eaten?!
46. kristin.standafer said:
We handed out full size fun-dip, which I thought was AWESOME... yet some little brat turned to her friend after my husband put it in her bag and said "THIS house SUCKS!" and proceeded to throw the fun-dip in my front yard! She's lucky I wasn't the one to hear it, I would have chased her into the front yard, made her pick it up and apologize!
47. vonfengler said:
Is it just me or does Leta look more grownup??? What a cute cuddle bug!!
48. kristanhoffman said:
OK, THAT IS THE CUTEST BABY CATERPILLAR EVAR!!!
Also, OMG DO YOU HAVE PILES OF MAGAZINES LINING YOUR ROOM?! Good god, woman, have you no shame? (Or no recycle bins?!)
49. freckledmama said:
That is the cutest baby costume EVER! If you ever want to get rid of it, send it my way. ;) I love Leta's witch costume-prettiest lil witch out there I'm sure!
50. inti79 said:
If you get bored and have some spare time on your hands (HA), I would love to see Marlo morphed into a beaaaautiful butterfly!
51. Bush Babe said:
Those are fabulous... what lens do you use for these pics? Awesome and crisp.
And on a COMPLETELY different subject (sorry):
What was it like to meet Ree Drummond? Like my two favourite bloggers in the same spot - was the star power electrifying?? Spill Heather!
:-)
BB
PS My captcha is 'that hick'... and I am now looking over my shoulder... is Big Brother watching? Heh
52. Junket Juice said:
Cutest. Costume. Ever. Make her wear it every day.
53. LazyMom said:
Love your photos and the subtle insights.
54. Mandy said:
God, that last photo is too funny and too cute. The baby centipede guru!
In Australia we've always been very half arsed about Halloween (like going trick or treating in a fright wig and supermarket plastic bag and getting one of those little individual cornflake packets for our troubles!). But, for some reason, it really took off this year. All of a sudden (and I honestly don't remember it last year) the supermarkets have decorations and Toys R Us have a couple of aisles dedicated to costumes, decorations and candy etc. And this year my 5 year old son was more excited about Halloween than Christmas and Easter combined!
We went to a friends neighbourhood to trick or treat with them and some families really went to some effort for the kids (ghost tunnels, scary music and decorations). We got back to our friends house and put masks on to hand out lollies (Me: scream mask, my partner: werewolf with his glasses over the top, Friend: Witch wig with Dame Edna glasses, Friend's partner: hiding in the back room.) We subjected the poor stunned little ghouls and witches to a ramshackle dance routine to 'Thriller' (whilst pissing ourselves laughing) before we gave them anything.
Looking forward to next year!
55. Indy Cookie said:
Leta has the most amazing eyes!! I don't know that I've seen just that shade of green before. Their costumes are simply adorable - that lil' caterpillar just kills me!
56. Sonika said:
Marlo's costume is the cutest thing I have seen all day, and I spend my day smothered in cute.
57. theotherlion said:
I see myself needing a "Marlo the Caterpillar" keychain. Just sayin'.
58. Meranath said:
That last pic is so cute I think it just barfed rainbows and farted out a pixie.
59. megnstuff said:
I love that you can see Marlo's little toes in the one pic.
Leta is a beauty. You will be in trouble in a few years... Jon might want to rethink his view on gun control when all the boys start knocking at the door!
side note: Love the new community site. I becoming addicted. Its like 3 Buck Chuck, the more you have the better it gets.
60. Becca said:
OK, how much for the baby? Cause really, I MUST. HAVE.
(and if I agree to take Coco will you give em a discount?)
61. ChattyCathy said:
Wow ...Miss Leta is growing up! You have trouble on your hands when the boys come a knockin ...and they will! Beautiful eyes and such a pretty smile! Little Marlo is such a cute bug ...so much awesome cuteness!
62. jacqueline said:
That last picture is out of control! <3
63. Queen Bugaboo said:
I know a ton of other people already said it, but that last picture really is fabulous.
64. Nancy said:
You are beautiful, Leta is beautiful and Marlo is, too.
65. Gemcat said:
Leta looks so like Jon in the last shot. Could we have a shot of Jon in wig and witches hat for comparison? Oh, go on..... please?.....Could we? Could we?
66. anya said:
I was looking forward to your Halloween posting. For some reason thinking a cool couple like you would do something wild (and I could vicariously live through you). But it turns out my trick-or-treating with my 1 year old son (we hit 3 houses!) was wilder than your night. Makes me feel like I'm cool. So thank you :)
But seriously, I assume life will get back to normal some day, right? I mean the kids won't always be little and we'd actually want, and be able to, stay up past 9, right? Right???
67. KelseyGrr said:
OMG I forgot you always dressed up the dogs, just remembered, and now I am SO stoked for the pictures. Yay!!
Also, I love Leta's comment about how she'll starve to death if you take away her Halloween candy. I can only hope that Marlo is this entertaining when she grows up! She's definitely going to be just as pretty:) Such a cute little...caterpilllar? Or "capelater" as I called them when I was young.
68. Not So Glamorou... said:
wow, your girls really look alike in those pictures.
69. Lisa_V said:
That is the cutest baby costume.
And thank you for the picture of the side of your hair. Since you posted a great one of the front last week, hairdressers everywhere are now waiting for one of the back.
70. Laura S said:
I saw that costume at Gymboree and almost bought it for my daughter. Marlo looks FAB, especially on that awesome sparkly floor. ;) Leta is beautiful!
71. gail37 said:
arrgghhh... ok.. so I'm reading the blog..yeah, I know, it's almost 7 pm. But I worked today. Marlo's costume really made me giggle..ok..guffawed. And I wanted to let you know. (I'll probably still be giggling when I hit the sack tonight.) Anyhow, because I came to blog first, the message was something like..you must be logged in to dooce community to leave a comment. So I clicked on the link, entered my user name and password and I got "the page cannot be found". Is this another bug that Jon has to fix? Or just an abberation? Whatever.. I then went to Community, logged in, came back and voila! here I am making a comment!
37584. Melissa C said:
Hilarious! Dooce is missing a major opportunity if she doesn't use "So great I shit sparkles" as her next header tagline! :)
72. mynext50.blogsp... said:
I was also the loser candy parent this year. They actually had the Christmas candy out on Halloween. What nerve! So I've decided red and green are the new orange and black.
73. sexylikeapeanut said:
Your kids are so adorable. I imagine Leta looking quite similar to Marlo when she was a baby. You can definitely tell they are sisters.
Just an FYI. I can't access your site from aol. Everytime I try it says access is denied. Slightly annoying.
74. MeMyselfandMommy said:
Oh Heather, you are not the house of bad candy. We are the house of bad candy.
My husband got a ton of crappy candy. I mean a TON of crappy candy. Why? WHY? Because, "Kids don't care what kind of candy they get, they just want a LOT of candy. So we'll be the house that gives every kid a giant handful of candy." This is my, you've got to be kidding me face.
PS. He plans on saving the candy we didn't use for next year. I kid you not.
33696. Talon said:
I totally agree Shiree. Not only is Leta beautiful, but she strikingly so.
75. Bunny Farts said:
Marlo as a glow worm, too cute and Leta as Stevie Nicks, perfect.
76. Kim said:
Awww, such adorable costumes. Thanks for sharing! Marlo is growing by the day! She looks like she's going to be a sharp cookie just like her big sis.
77. GlassofWin said:
Marlo is a Cuddle Bug, how cute!
97200. GlassofWin said:
Best comment ever!
78. vent said:
Like everyone else has shared....your children are beautiful.
I don't think I've ever seen a more adorable caterpillar costume in my life. You've gotta figure a way to put that last photo on your masthead one month. It's FLAWLESS!
79. AlwaysCharmed said:
Love Love Love their costumes, super cute!
80. Meredith said:
I get to hear the "I'm so tired, so very very tired" song pretty much every single time I ask my three-year-old to do anything. It's charming. And by charming I of course mean annoying as shit.
Awesome, awesome pictures!
81. doomish said:
The gap between Leta's teeth is so cute it makes my head implode.
83. Lily Hydrangea said:
Funny you should say that about the boy dressed up as a hippy...my son loves hippies and dark chocolate and he also happens to be a good listener and routinely hugs his mother. How weird is that?
I love Halloween and I totally empathize with Leta!
84. Lena said:
I have spent my entire LIFE saying, "Okay, ONE.MORE.HOUSE."
That bug costume is the cutest thing I have ever seen.
And I too would trust Clive Owen with my, um, "everything".
(Is that what we're calling them these days?)
85. Maybe Next Week said:
Cute cute cute! Leta and Marlo both. Such gorgeous girls. I wish we did Halloween better in Australia.
86. The Bold Soul said:
Ditto the total adorability of your girls.
And as to the dark chocolate? Just be glad you weren't the house who gave out apples, or raisins... or TOOTHBRUSHES. Then, you would have DESERVED to have your house egged.
This way, mothers of those kids who got your dark chocolate can sneak into their kids' Halloween stash and take your candy without so much guilt. Because it's only DARK chocolate, and that's GOOD for you!
87. LovingDanger said:
DEAR LORD BABY JESUS! Blackberry Schnapps! Seriously that shit exists?? Clearly I'm not shopping at the right liquor store! THANK YOU!
88. WebSavyMom said:
-->That costume on Marlo is adorable. It makes me want to scoop her up. My son is almost three and I think this is the last year I'll be able to dictate his Halloween costume. *sigh*
89. Mo said:
FYI, this last picture will now most likely feature prominantly in any flashbacks/near-death experience visions/space oddysey experiences that I might have. Ever.
She will probably try to hand me a banana and suggest something profound. This is my plan, anyway.
90. KatieC said:
YAY dogs in halloween costumes.
I put our black lab in a costume http://www.flickr.com/photos/56244339@N00/4061160479/ which made the little kiddies giggle when they came to trick or treat.
91. eddeaux said:
Love the costumes, but what I really love is that new masthead. I look forward to the new masthead every month.
92. the niffer said:
Awesome costumes. My son wants to be a witch like Leta next year. The exact same witch.
93. J. Bo said:
Oh, my GOD, I cannot believe how grown-up Leta is! She's just so beautiful... as is little Love Bug Marlo. I'm with "the niffer": TOTALLY awesome costumes, Armstrongs!
After being overwhelmed by T&T-ers last year, I made sure to get the REALLY big bag of fun-size candy bars at Costco. Total number of knocks on my door Halloween night? NONE. Not a single munchkin.
Between the incredibly sweet pics of your girls and my self-pitying consumption of tiny Almond Joys and Snickers, I believe I am now officially diabetic.
94. NatashAbdool said:
I love Marlo's costume!!! Soooo CUTE!!!!
I hope you've already started that law school fund for Leta :D
95. amybjorge said:
I'm terribly afraid of dogs. Even dogs whose owners love said dog dearly. This can be somewhat baffling to dog owners, but it's the way I feel. I'm afraid of dogs I don't know. I don't enjoy them. If somebody's dog broke loose and bit my ankle, I'd probably have a mild heart attack. (My neighbor's rottweiler ran out of an open gate and attacked my leashed mini schnauzer when I was 8 months pregnant and I pissed my pants as I watched.)
If the owner were callous enough to argue that it "only happened once", I'd probably feel inclined to sue.
However, If they apologised profusely, promissed to never let it happen again, sent the dog to obedience school, and gave me some dark chocolate, I'd probably forgive.
If they gave me milk chocolate, the odds of me forgiving would be better.
96. Lauriequinn said:
Hahahahaha OH MAN Marlo as a glowworm made me laugh so hard! What a cutie!
97. Gabriela Frei said:
Ever since I read your account of delivering Marlo, I was thinking you might do the glowworm thing for Halloween. Well done :)
98. PrudenceOctavia said:
Those are fab costumes: the Marlo Bug is perfect, and Leta is gorgeous. What are you trying to do to us!
99. grandefille said:
Okay, you all win Most Anerable. Hands down.
And congratulations for capturing a glowworm farting sunshine. Next step: Coco!
100. ElizabethK said:
Those pictures of Marlo are so cute they make my teeth ache.
101. tanyetta said:
So cute! Next year I promise to get Gracen a costume. I totally miffed it up this year.
102. outsidevoice said:
You officially owe me a new screen after I spit my drink all over my existing one from laughing at that last picture. That is many, many levels of awesome.
103. A said:
I would have much rather visited your house for some of that gag inducing dark chocolate. Here in San Francisco my daughter received pencils, pennies and hemp tampons.
Thanks San Francisco.
104. Moms In Need Of... said:
We had NOT ONE single trick-or-treater at our house...but then again, we don't live in the world's greatest neighborhood. My kids are quite happy to have all that Halloween candy to themselves though :) Speaking of which, after my boys each had massive amounts of decay at their last checkup, I had to ask some hard questions about trick-or-treating. You can see them here: http://momsinneedofmercy.blogspot.com/2009/10/trick-or-treat-how-much-is...
105. Cult_of_clothes said:
Marlo has the best Halloween costume in the history of the world! This is the time when she needs to live it up and get through all those rad costumes that prevent her from walking. For example, caterpillar, mermaid, proper Egyptian mummy (not the cheater kind with two legs, the real kind with the legs wrapped together) and salmon.
106. peachandashes said:
I love the caterpillar bunting. Adorable! That's one I haven't seen before.
Leta looks so much older than I recall, in her witchy outfit. And her hair is so much longer than I remembered it being, too! She's turning into such a gorgeous little girl already. It's hard to believe how fast they grow and transition. (And I say that with no intention of make the screaming infant days seem even more never-ending than they already do for you. Sorry!)
Leta sounds just like my boys did on Halloween this year. "I WANT TO GO HOOOOOOOOME NOW!!" Turn around to head back and, "WAIT! WE HAVE TO GO TO THAT HOUSE AND THAT HOUSE FIRST!" Oh, we DO???
:"|
Yeeeeah.
107. Jennifer June said:
I was invited to about 6 parties on Halloween but I stayed home to work on my web site and throw candy at little kids. I gave up trick or treating with mine when they got taller me. It's just embarrassing now.
I bought chips and chocolate bars to feed an army of rabid children and only name brand because I wanted to be "the good house".
I loved the good house.
My boyfriend warned me that at "the good house" kids cheat and come back twice, sometimes three times so I bought cheezies on the way home.
I dressed the dog up in her dragon costume, which she out grew years ago, so it makes her limp around like Igor. I figured it might take away from the fact that I was still in my pajamas.
6 kids.
6 kids came to my door.
$60.00 in candy to be "the good house" for 6 kids.
My daughter offered to bring the rest to school for her friend Liam because he had been at home with Swine flu for a week and had a fever of 103 on Halloween.
I'm pretty sure she ate it all before recess but at least it's out of my house and of my list of choices for breakfast, lunch and dinner for the next week.
108. cat said:
This community login idea is one you should have done EONS ago!! I guess the idiot quotient has to reach critical mass to drive a blogger from "anonymous free speech," to to the brink of totalitarianism, er, I mean login technology. Now those little buggers will have to sign in before they spew. But they should love the idea of at least somewhat controlled community discussion! ....sorry, how un-compassionate of me.
I laughed when I saw Leah's costume. A local school prohibited costumes depicting a witch because it would offend Wiccans. Huh????? Isn't this holiday all about witches and goblins??????
PS, I so miss giving nose squishing kisses. Marlo's costume is THE BEST.
109. MommyImHome said:
Leta makes a great little witch and Marlo is adorable. Plus, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your hair!
110. Kim Hosey - AZ ... said:
That caterpillar one is a-freakin'-dorable! Love it. We just did the lazy pumpkin-ish looking thing when my son was a baby, and he took off the stem/hat so it just looked like orange pajamas.
Great shots.
111. P said:
My daughter received Pop Tarts one year from a neighbor. Aw, those were the days when people gave out good "treats"? Ten years later- we still laugh.
112. Rainyday said:
Great pics of the girls. Happy Halloween!!!!!!
113. annahj said:
OMG! GOrgeous photos of Marlo! The last one screams greeting card. I would totally send those to my friends, even if they would then ask me if I had made a baby in the last month since they saw me. magically.
Keep up the good work!
114. Penelope said:
LOVE the pics!
And I totally laughed at the "just one more house" reference.
115. John Duke said:
dark chocolate rocks
116. John Duke said:
good call getting rid of "monetize the hate" by the way. that was silly.
117. ChelseaRose said:
Awww, those photos of Marlo are the most adorable pics I've EVER seen! And Leta looks gorgeous.
118. rwwutlim said:
Have you put that shiny new blue background with your SHINGLES/jazz hands photo???
119. renata_armindo said:
That is the cutest halloween costume ever! The girls look great! Too bad we don't have Halloween here in Brazil... :-)
120. TheCraftyAngel said:
my son is home sick from school today, so as he's lying in bed next to me, I'm reading this and we get to Leta and Marlo's pictures and both of us said "AWWWW" at the same time. He's 7 and a ladies' man already ;)
I can't believe the magic of Marlo's dimples didn't make that costume sprout wings ;)
121. Maria Davenport said:
These are amazing pictures. Your article on your Halloween is fantastic. Thank you for sharing and we will come back next week to see how you dressed up the dogs. The little ones in the pictures looked like they were having a great time. casino online
122. Jayceekay said:
Leta is growing so fast! Love her costume. Marley is just beautiful, beautiful....there is no doubting she is Leta's little sister, that's for sure.
123. donna boucher said:
I love your storytelling.
Beautiful pictures.
I especially like the one of you kissing Marlo.
Kissing mommies make my heart happy.
124. William said:
Wow. Those hardwood floors are awesome.
125. pinkorchidscom said:
Awwww that little bug costume is sooo freakin adorable! I didn't dress up or do anything for halloween this year. I have a lil one on the way in January and its no fun to go to gatherings where everyone else is having spiked punch and having tons of fun.
126. kellyfaboo said:
Dude, Marlo has moonbeams coming out of her butt!
She's adorable, and Leta is adorable. But I can tell you why she only lasted an hour. You sent that witch out without any shoes! Did she have to walk uphill -- both ways -- as well?
127. DarlingOne said:
For the record, my 4-yr-old daughter loves dark chocolate, especially dark Hershey Kisses.
128. Diana The Doggy... said:
From a crafty little witch to a wiggly caterpillar they are the cutest kids that I know in Salt Lake.