{"id":111,"date":"2012-11-02T18:53:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T22:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=111"},"modified":"2018-12-28T09:17:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T14:17:07","slug":"halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=111","title":{"rendered":"Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>We celebrated Halloween twice this year!\u00a0 We visited our friends Stacey and Cooper and their little girl Lindley this past weekend.\u00a0 They moved to\u00a0Raleigh,\u00a0NC\u00a0a few years ago and have a beautiful single family home in a great neighborhood.\u00a0 It makes me very excited and eager for the day that Justin and I finally have our single family home; at the same time it makes me enjoy our time in limbo living at my parents that much more since our household responsibilities are minimal compared to what they will be when we are finally homeowners (renting our condo doesn\u2019t really count). So with little household responsibilities it makes going on weekend trips such as these that much easier and actually enjoyable, knowing there isn\u2019t a whole lot else at home that I really should be doing.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday morning they had a neighborhood Halloween Parade which was kicked off with a short walk following a fire truck and ended with games and crafts and each kid receiving their own small pumpkin. Here we are following the fire engine&#8230;we were the very last group of people&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-206\" title=\"_MG_1727\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1727.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1727.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1727-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1727-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-207\" title=\"_MG_1714\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_17141.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_17141.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_17141-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls were a little too young for the games and crafts; however, they still had a fun time running around freely in the streets. \u00a0Neither girl wanted to hold Mommy or Daddy&#8217;s hand and they just took off! \u00a0Don\u2019t worry the road was closed for through traffic!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-209\" title=\"_MG_1774\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1774.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1774.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1774-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-210\" title=\"_MG_1775\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1775.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1775.jpg 819w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1775-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-211\" title=\"_MG_1776\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1776.jpg 683w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1776-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We had a great time and when we got back to Stacey and Cooper&#8217;s house we decided to take a few more pictures of the three girls together. \u00a0Here are the results!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-212\" title=\"_MG_1794\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1794.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1794.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1794-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1794-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-213\" title=\"_MG_1795\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1795-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1795-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>LOVE Lindley&#8217;s facial expression in this one!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-214\" title=\"_MG_1797\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1797.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1797-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1797-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-215\" title=\"_MG_1798\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1798.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1798.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1798-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1798-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What you think you lookin at Ms. Lindley?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-216\" title=\"_MG_1799\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1799.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1799.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1799-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_1799-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The girls had different nap and night time schedules so they didn&#8217;t spend that much time playing together, but when they did they seemed to have a fun time. \u00a0We can&#8217;t wait to go back and visit again!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>Halloween was a few days later.\u00a0 We dressed the girls up and took them trick or treating.\u00a0 Now incase you are wondering what the girls were dressed as, they are mice impersonating cats\u2026DUH!!!\u00a0 Yes, so THIS mommy bought these cute shirts at Target thinking they had CATS on them and thought \u201cCATS, what a great Halloween costume\u201d.\u00a0 So over the next few weeks, I found black leggings, a tail, whiskers, and ears and I thought my little cats were all set to trick or treat!\u00a0 Well the night before Halloween I decided to try on their costumes and as they were running around the house all so cute, Daddy informed me that their shirts had mice on them\u2026.MICE!!!!!\u00a0 I was never big into cartoons or Disney Characters growing up, but SERIOUSLY how did I miss this!!\u00a0 So my babies became mice dressed up as cats\u2026LOL!\u00a0 And I was the mama cat who they were trying to run away from! \u00a0The girls wouldn\u2019t keep their ears on or their whiskers so I finally decided I would draw whiskers on them.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-222\" title=\"_MG_9871\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9871.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9871.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9871-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9871-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-223\" title=\"_MG_9873\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9873.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9873.jpg 682w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9873-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-224\" title=\"_MG_9878\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9878.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9878.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9878-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9878-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\u00a0 They didn\u2019t seem to realize thy had tails on so they thankfully kept them on most the evening.\u00a0 Mama Cat and her mice (aka CATS) went trick or treating at 7 or 8 houses in the neighborhood.\u00a0 Mama Cat even let the girls try their first piece of candy\u2026a Kit Kat, which they both seemed to enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9900.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-225\" title=\"_MG_9900\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9900.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9900-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/MG_9900-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-226\" title=\"IMG_9909\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_9909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_9909.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_9909-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/IMG_9909-449x300.jpg 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This Mama Cat better start planning early for next year and run the costume idea by Daddy in advance!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We celebrated Halloween twice this year!\u00a0 We visited our friends Stacey and Cooper and their little girl Lindley this past weekend.\u00a0 They moved to\u00a0Raleigh,\u00a0NC\u00a0a few years ago and have a beautiful single family home in a great neighborhood.\u00a0 It makes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=111\">Continue reading <span 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