Fall Festival

Jonathan and Anna with their balloon dinosaur and sword.

David and I on the hayride.

Darth Vader crying in his carseat, with generic Princess Girl looking on (not Belle, but hey, I'm not bitter or anything!)

Anna doing her best princess.

Last night we went to the Fall Festival at Eau Gallie Baptist. I was so excited about Anna and Jonathan's costumes this year. I found Anna a beautiful Belle costume, who is her most favorite princess ever. Belle is also my favorite princess, so I am really glad that Anna and I agree on this. I really could not stand it if she loved Snow White, who is just super annoying and has old lady hair. I also think Belle has the most substance of any princess, and I think the love story between her and Beast is the best Disney love story. Anyways! I found Jonathan a super cool Darth Vader costume. It was really detailed and awesome, and both costumes were great finds (meaning that their original cost was far more than I would ever pay for a costume, or any single item of clothing for the kids, really). Well.

We had our friends meet us at the house, so they got to witness our two darling children have total Halloween costume meltdowns. I am still unsure about what exactly it was that set them both off, but we got some cute pics and video of it (cute as in I am so embarassed by how my kids are acting but I can also see the humor in a stompy monkey-like little Belle and a Darth Vader who is bawling his eyes out. Princesses aren't supposed to try and tear their dresses off with their bare hands. Darth Vader would not show such weakness and emotion!).

We had some last minute wardrobe changes (I ran inside and found Jonathan's Optimus Prime costume from last year and put it on by the car and we switched Anna to a regular dress which said "Princess" on the front), made it to the Festival in time and had a very nice evening. I hope our friends, who have the most WELL-BEHAVED children EVER, will still want to hang out with us after they saw how our kids acted.