Halloween...and a visit to the dentist

The girls were sooo excited for Halloween...it couldn't get here any faster!  Before lunch, they had dentist appointments where Aunt Surina works.  Since it was Halloween, they got to wear their costumes. :)

Aubree did so well!  I was really surprised that she listened so well and wasn't freaked out.  I think she liked that Surina was there.  Ayla started out okay--Surina took an x-ray of her teeth.  The first one went just fine, but when she went to do the second one, she refused.  From that point on, it was a bit of a battle.  It took a lot of coaxing to get her to listen.  They ended up getting everything done...minus the other x-ray, but they said they could just get it next time.  No cavities for either one and everything looks healthy. Yay! :)  The dental office was awesome--Smile Station.  At the end, Surina took them around the office to different pumpkin buckets so they could "trick-or-treat" and pick something out of each one.  They even had a wall of vending machines--they were each given a token to get something.  Such a cute idea.  

After we wrestled through an early dinner, the girls put their costumes on and probably asked about 100 times when they could start trick-or-treating.  We went outside to take a bunch of pictures to kill some time.

When I was painting the freckles on her face, she kept giggling because it tickled. :)

Love this one.  A real smile!

A curtsy from the princess :)

So. Awesome. :) Kody is so sweet to put up with this costume every year.

Off they go!

They both lasted longer than I thought they would.  At one point, Aubree muttered, "I'm soo tired." while she was hauling her bucket up another driveway. :)  She wanted to be held a lot at the end.  Probably better that way because she kept tripping and dumping her candy on the ground.  She was thrilled to discover a roll of Smarties at one point and proceeded to eat just about the whole thing.  By the time we decided to head home, their buckets were completely full.  We let them each have a couple pieces of candy before getting ready for bed.  I think they both had a blast--Aubree understood it this year and with Ayla, it was fun to see her get so excited for the day to actually come.  :)