Madeline's Ramblins: Happy Halloween!!

Madeline hosted her very first party and it was quite a success! We had a great time at the baby Halloween party and everyone was extra cute!

Madeline was a bumblebee and she hosted quite the menagerie of other characters. We had:
--Ishan the scarecrow
--Jasper as Vulture Boy (he apparently has perfected the vulture's screech!)
--Aleena the ladybug
--Jack as a milk farmer (his mom came dressed as a cow-very cute idea!)
--Amelia was a flower
--Lila the cat (accompanied by her mom the mouse and her dad as cheese - a complete food chain)
--Theo was an iPod
--Madeleine, Sofia and Sarah were pumpkins
--Chloe was a pink poodle

We lucked out and had a beautiful day. Everyone brought a pumpkin so that we could set up our very own pumpkin patch. Unfortunately, we should have set up the pumpkin patch in a different part of the yard, as we realized after the fact that the sunshine made it hard to get photos and the shadows darkened out a lot of the kiddos. But, once we got everyone set, there wasn't much hope of moving the pumpkin patch to another locale just to get better photos. These are the best ones I got. I'm hoping some of the other parents got some photos that turned out a bit better.

Here's a picture of the post-costume playtime:

After the party, a nap and a snack, Madeline was rejuvenated and let me get some more photos of her outside in her costume. I am really pleased with how her costume turned out. She was originally supposed to be a panda bear, but the costume didn't fit. On one of these rainy weekends we have had, I decided to put together this bumblebee costume for her.

So, here she is as the cutest baby bumblebee ever! (I had a hard time deciding which photos to post, so I'll just add a bunch!)