Happy Halloween!

Halloween at the Richardson house did not go as easily as it did last year.  Sadly, Ryleigh was not a fan of wearing her costume.  We first started off the month by trying to be Nemo.  She refused to put on the costume.  After much thought, we decided to return the costume and went with a much more convincing costume.  Minnie Mouse.  It's just a dress, should be easy to get her to wear it, right?  Wrong.  She threw a full blown fit when it came time to put that thing on tonight.  She threw her pumpkin tub on the floor, which means she means business because Ryleigh loves pumpkins.  Eventually we were able to persuade (force) her to put on her Minnie costume and she did turn that frown upside-down once she saw Lucy wearing her own silly get-up.  In the end, we did end up having a fun evening.  Enjoy some pictures from the day.

Daddy carving pumpkins in preparation for Halloween

he enjoyed gutting them

Mommy hard at work stenciling a design

clearly Ryleigh was very interested in the pumpkin carving

Mommy's Minnie Mouse pumpkin

Daddy's Detroit pumpkin

Ryleigh with all of her friends at daycare getting ready for their costume parade

so excited to be in the wagon

Ryleigh and Lucy ready to go Trick-Or-Treating.

the ONLY picture we have of Ryleigh in her full Minnie Mouse costume

Daddy & Ryleigh

Mommy & Ryleigh

Ryleigh & Lucy ready to call it a night

enjoying the fruits of her labor : )

And in non-Halloween related news, we had our 4-D ultrasound of baby Cooper done today as well.  Here are the photos from that session.  Only 10 more weeks to go!  EEK!