{"id":4950,"date":"2018-11-01T22:19:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-02T02:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2018-12-29T14:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T19:02:13","slug":"a-bumble-bee-a-dragon-and-a-bride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/?p=4950","title":{"rendered":"A Bumble Bee, a Dragon, and a Bride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The girls all chose their costumes early this year&#8230;.as in mid-September!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4953\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/918FBD0E-A98F-4C41-B89A-29CA7657C0DF-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/918FBD0E-A98F-4C41-B89A-29CA7657C0DF-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/918FBD0E-A98F-4C41-B89A-29CA7657C0DF-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/918FBD0E-A98F-4C41-B89A-29CA7657C0DF-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/918FBD0E-A98F-4C41-B89A-29CA7657C0DF-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Avery and Harper made their costume decisions upon arriving in the costume section of Hanna Anderson last month. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4952\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ED83F170-599A-4EE1-98DA-4005164A400D-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ED83F170-599A-4EE1-98DA-4005164A400D-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/ED83F170-599A-4EE1-98DA-4005164A400D-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4954\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/F6716061-F9CA-4ABC-AEFB-81721BB2EC39-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/F6716061-F9CA-4ABC-AEFB-81721BB2EC39-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/F6716061-F9CA-4ABC-AEFB-81721BB2EC39-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Emerson decided she wanted to be a bride around the same time and I searched on Amazon to find the perfect dress.\u00a0 My mom spent HOURS hemming it&#8230;.all five layers of it! She was all about posing!\u00a0\u00a0 A little foresight into the future. \u00a0Seriously gorgeous!<em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4955\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4F9F8F7D-2A06-430C-8D41-583E5ED4A63D-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4F9F8F7D-2A06-430C-8D41-583E5ED4A63D-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/4F9F8F7D-2A06-430C-8D41-583E5ED4A63D-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4957\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EFC56D79-8AA5-41E9-8CD3-35D5A3ECF454-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EFC56D79-8AA5-41E9-8CD3-35D5A3ECF454-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/EFC56D79-8AA5-41E9-8CD3-35D5A3ECF454-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/em>The girls and Larrisa.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4958\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/938C0273-90FA-4AB9-B452-89CAA2D73C1D-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/938C0273-90FA-4AB9-B452-89CAA2D73C1D-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/938C0273-90FA-4AB9-B452-89CAA2D73C1D-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/938C0273-90FA-4AB9-B452-89CAA2D73C1D-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/938C0273-90FA-4AB9-B452-89CAA2D73C1D-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/>Slowly adding one more adult at a time to the picture.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4961\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/69618511-7E7E-425E-892D-030F123F1639-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/69618511-7E7E-425E-892D-030F123F1639-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/69618511-7E7E-425E-892D-030F123F1639-225x300.jpeg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4962\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8B672DFD-B87F-40CE-948A-5B095A2F4DA2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8B672DFD-B87F-40CE-948A-5B095A2F4DA2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8B672DFD-B87F-40CE-948A-5B095A2F4DA2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8B672DFD-B87F-40CE-948A-5B095A2F4DA2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/8B672DFD-B87F-40CE-948A-5B095A2F4DA2-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4963\" src=\"http:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/C2D4D46A-D04F-471B-8CF8-235154909DA0-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/C2D4D46A-D04F-471B-8CF8-235154909DA0-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/C2D4D46A-D04F-471B-8CF8-235154909DA0-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/C2D4D46A-D04F-471B-8CF8-235154909DA0-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/themaddlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/C2D4D46A-D04F-471B-8CF8-235154909DA0-400x300.jpeg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/> While I\u00a0was weak in my Halloween costume this year, I was strong in my cul-de-sac socializing.\u00a0 We trick or treated for an hour and then proceeded to spend five more hours hanging out by the bonfire.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still not even sure how that is possible.\u00a0 The girls went to bed much earlier than that&#8230;fortunately Larrisa was willing to go in early and give the girls shower and put them to bed!\u00a0 TREAT!\u00a0\u00a0All night, I\u00a0was living in the moment and so appreciative of the wonderful neighborhood we live in and I didn&#8217;t want to miss a minute.<\/p>\n<p>The girls all filled their pumpkin and had a great time trick-or-treating and hanging out with our awesome neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The girls all chose their costumes early this year&#8230;.as in mid-September!Avery and Harper made their costume decisions upon arriving in the costume section of Hanna Anderson last month. 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