Elton John

Amy and I have made it a point to introduce the girls to some of the amazing TV shows we've grown up with. The Muppet Show circa 1978 is one such show. In season 2, there's some really great guests like Steve Martin, Julie Andrews, and Lou Rawls but the favorite by far has been Elton John. The songs and costumes are mesmerizing. Bonus points - the Swedish Chef has a recurring spot in the episode as well.

Halloween, 2014

It's amazing how much sweeter holidays are when you have two girls to celebrate with!

This year Em wanted to be a mermaid, but not Ariel. She chose to be Merida (from Brave) // Rapunzel the Mermaid. We went with it and made her a tail, along with a sparkly crown and necklace. She LOVED her costume. It was totally her.

Charlotte had been exclaiming for weeks and weeks, "I'm a coot, I'm a coot!" so we figured her choice was obvious and made her some fancy wings & a white nose. Except she didn't really know what a coot was, and she wasn't entirely on board with it. So that morning she decided she wanted skip the nose and call herself a duck, which was ok with us. (Coots are rather obscure.)

We celebrated at the zoo the Sunday before Halloween too. Since costumes weren't assembled yet, the girls dug into their dress-up box and put together mouse and rabbit/bride outfits. Lots of pics below :)

 

On Halloween, Charlotte had a cold and we weren't quite sure how (or if) she'd hold up - especially since going up to strangers isn't her cup of tea. But it only took one house to convince her Halloween is awesome. She walked back to us wearing a huge grin saying, "I got candy!! Makes me feel really HAPPY!!!"

And both girls really cleaned up - coming home with overflowing pumpkins. However, this year we learned about the Switch Witch, a friendly witch who comes overnight to take any candy left out in exchange for a small toy or two. Emily really wanted to make a trade, and even wrote a note to the witch putting in her specific toy request.

Fortunately, the witch has keen foresight and anticipated this request so she had the right toys with her on her broom!! She was kind enough to leave a couple pieces of candy behind for the girls to enjoy over the weekend too :) 

It was a super fun Halloween!!