Happy Halloween!

What fun, having Halloween on a Saturday this year! As usual, we had the big gathering and parade on our street and the Baums joined us for dinner and trick-or-treating. Madeline and Livia are so sweet together. They get along great. Maddie was a bumble bee this year. She started saying in January that she wanted to be a bumble bee and despite being so into princess things, she wanted to be a bee. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the night.

Bumble Bee with an attitude!

There's my sweet girl!

Prayers

We have put Maddie's wonderful memory to good use and taught her some prayers. She now says the Our Father, Hail Mary, and Now I lay me down to sleep every night at bedtime. Then we pray for all of our family and friends. Maddie likes to add in "God bless Bailey (Kim's dog), and God bless my toys, and God bless the light and the fan," and basically anything else that pops into her mind. I love hearing her say them, it's my favorite part of bedtime! I wanted to capture it on video. She has some trouble getting the words just right. But didn't we all think for the longest time as kids that "forwhichitstands" was one word?