The many faces of Halloween

Today is Halloween, and so far, Avery has already been 2 different things, and we haven't even had Halloween night yet! For the last month, we've been trying to figure out what she is going to be, and she has wanted to be everything from a scarecrow to a ballerina, from Hello Kitty to a dog. But when she mentioned cheerleader, I jumped on that, because we already had the costume! I figured she could just be a cute little Abernathy Cheerleader - simple, cute, affordable. So that was that.

Until...midnight on Monday night when I realized that if Avery was an Abernathy Cheerleader for Halloween, I would feel like the most lame mom in America. Why? Because it's so "every day"...every little girl in Abernathy has an Abernathy cheerleader uniform, so what would be special about being THAT for Halloween? When I mentioned this to Gabe, he said, "JILL! SHE'S 4 YEARS OLD, AND BESIDES, SHE SAID SHE WANTED TO BE A CHEERLEADER!!" But, I didn't sleep well at all the rest of the night and was overcome by motherly guilt.

Tuesday morning Avery got up and put on her cute Abernathy cheerleading "costume" to wear to school, and I must admit it was cute. And worked out fine that day, because she goes to school in Lubbock, so her outfit was not so common there. That day I was at my friend Helen's house getting a massage and I mentioned my quandry. She told me that she had 4 tubs full of Halloween costumes that would fit Avery! She let us borrow several, so we came home with 4 new choices for the poor girl. Now she could be a movie star, medieval princess, pink poodle, or a dog. Today for our local library carnival, she decided to be the movie star. Tonight for Trick or Treating - the verdict is still out! Thank you Helen for saving me from being a loser mom!
I'll post more after we see what she is going to be tonight...nice to have choices, isn't it?

Before Sonshine School

She said "All Cheerleaders have to have their name written on their head". So....we did.

Miss Movie Star or something elegant - we aren't quite sure.

With her best friend Kaidance at the Library Carnival

Baby Jaxon - for those of you who haven't met him, this is the little boy we keep on MWF. His Nemo costume was ADORABLE!

Our Family Jackolantern.

Avery is 4!!

Sorry this post has taken me so long, we had pictures on 3 different cameras and I still haven't gotten the ones off of Gabe's camera, so I'll just use what I have for now (which is PLENTY as I'm sure you'll notice). I haven't been in the blogging mood, so sorry for the delay, but some of you who weren't able to be at the party are wanting to see what it was all about, so here you go! We are so thankful for our precious Avery and that she is 4 years old!

Mom & Dad got to our house on Avery's actual birthday, and she opened her Baby Doll gift from us and all the Graco equipment to go with it from Mom and Dad. She absolutely loves it all and cried and cried when she had to go to bed and quit playing!

This is the American Girl Bitty Baby Doll. It was definitely a hit.

Avery's Birthday Party was Saturday at Jump N Jungle, and inflatable Bounce-house place which kids love!

Avery and Proud Mommy

Mam and Grandad

Each child that has a party at Jump N Jungle gets to leave their handprint with name and birthday on the wall. The wall is full of them!

Most of the kids at the party. Several had to leave before this photo was taken.

The staff completely sets up the party for you, while you have the Bounce House area for your private party. It is fabulous - they have this party thing down to a fine science.

Being sung to! I think she was a little bit shy and overwhelmed at this point!

World's Largest Hello Kitty Cake! I got a full sheet, don't ask me why, but we just finished eating it a week later! It was strawberry and very yummy.