Creekridge Clan Fun & games with James, Stephanie, Connor, & Caroline

It was a day later than we planned and with a new tree, but Sunday night we finally got the Christmas tree put up and decorated. Here are some pictures:

Here are Caroline and Connor sitting in front of the tree.

It only took 4 tries to get a picture with the both of them looking at us.














Connor had the brilliant idea to bust out the Santa hat. The following pictures would not have happened without him.

Thanks Cman!















Caroline took her turn with the Santa hat and decided to throw in a little leg crossing flair.

















Here is mommy, Caroline, and Connor.


















Finally, mommy decided to take a turn behind the camera and got this shot of daddy and Connor having a good time.

In this video you will see:

Connor being scared to death by a little raven.
Caroline getting scared to death of 2 other princesses.
Caroline, the official neighborhood pumpkin inspector, looking over one of the better selection of Jack-O-Lanterns.

This is Friday morning as Connor is getting ready to go to school dressed up as a policeman.

It has been a year, but he finally got to wear this costume for Halloween...and not throw up in it.














Connor walking in the "parade" in the gym at school with the rest of the kids.

Had he seen mommy, I bet his demeanor would have been a lot happier.









Connor posing outside of Uncle Jason's house with his pumpkin and matching Star Wars blaster.

This was the last time we saw him in his helmet.















From left to right:
A helmet-less Connor as a Clone Trooper
Jordan dressed as Pitt from Kid Icarus
Next-door-neighbor Goirsha as a witch
Jenna as a vampire
Caroline was standing next to mommy and daddy as all of the kids dressed up scared her a little bit





Speaking of our little princess

Here she is walking next to mommy.










Caroline LOVED looking at everyone's pumpkins

Apparently the better the pumpkin carving and decorating, the more likely she was to grace that house with her presence and then to beg for food.








Speaking of pumpkins, here is one we thought was pretty cool with the scary matchstick teeth.











Here is Connor petting a boa constrictor at one of the houses along the way.















Once she got the hang of things, Caroline had a really good time.

You can tell this because I didn't have to sneak up on her to get a picture of her smiling.

She also thoroughly enjoyed walking around with a piece of candy in each hand...I guess she didn't fully trust mommy whenever she was taking care of her pumpkin and loot.










Connor and Jenna are always leading the pack, so we took the opportunity waiting for the rest of the trick-or-treaters to get a picture of them in front of a particularly scary house.






Here is Caroline enjoying her first ever sucker that she got from walking around looking pretty.