Mark Newman Family Blog: Halloween & Mom's Visit

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Halloween & Mom's Visit

We finished off the month of October just like we began it - very busy! Mom flew in town with Ginger to see their Dallas grandkiddos the Wednesday before Halloween. It seems like they both had a great time - we hope so! Mom and I had a great time running all over town shopping and have lunch out. What fun treats - thanks Mom! How wonderful to be spoiled for a week! We also got in lots of holiday baking and cooking stuff to stick in the freezer. How great is that?!?

Moving onto the great orange holiday - Nora celebrated Orange Day at school. They had orange treats all day and Nora wore her cutie pie pumpkin shirt that Grandma embroidered for her. Very cute, as always!

On Friday night, we headed for a fun Halloween themed evening at Lori and Cam's house. We had a great time and so did Mom. She just loved how all of the daddy's were very hands on and that everyone had such a great time together, in the midst of the chaos! Nora debuted her first bee costume - thanks Lori for letting us borrow it!

On Saturday, we went to the Dallas Arboretum for a fun outing. We started a tradition of going during the Halloween season last year and wanted to be sure to continue our new family tradition! We had a great time. The weather could not have been more perfect! We then headed for burgers at Who's Who in Highland Park Village. Can I just say - Yum! We love that place, but just don't go there often enough...

Halloween night was topped off with a party at Bill and Lisa's house. It was fun, as always! Everyone had dinner and then headed out for Trick or Treating. Nora was super cute! She caught on really quickly! Nora sported her second bee costume of the season. Lisa was so sweet to get her a costume to match the twins. So, Nora, Izzy and Sloane were bees, Will was the bee keeper and Lisa was the queen bee. How great is that?!?

Hope your holiday was wonderful as well!

P.S. Thanks Grammy and Buddy for Nora's previous Halloween gifts. She is completely obsessed with that precious bag and is currently using it as yet another purse! She loved all of her other Halloween goodies as well. Thanks for spoiling our girl!