Halloween in New York
We bought these very cute Panda costumes for the girlies and took them to the Central Park Pumpkin Festival the Saturday before Halloween. They actually liked being in the costumes and we got plenty of attention walking around the park with two beautiful little pandas.
In the pumpkin patch
Sally is so cute!
Amelia in her panda costume - I could use a shave
Kim and Amelia
A few days later we dressed the girlies up again for Halloween. We (meaning Kim) had huge hopes for this, as Kim LOVES the Halloween. I have never liked it - first of all, it is the night before my birthday, which I never liked. More than that, though, I just never liked dressing up in costumes. The only exception is that I once dressed up as a big ape when I lived in Iowa (ARRRGGHH!!) and I sort of enjoyed that. When you are dressed as a big ape, you can pretty much do whatever you want and no one can say anything. "Hey! You can't throw the copy machine out the window!" "Sure I can - I am dressed as a big ape!" "Oh, you're right. Never mind" See what I mean?
Anyway, Kim was really looking forward to Halloween because it's her favorite holiday, and the girlies were amazingly cute again in their costumes. One block up from us they have a huge Halloween celebration - each of the brownstones quite elaborately decorate the outside of their buildings and the street is packed with people. This is quite cool, but for 16 month old girls it was a bit overwhelming. Overall, though, it was good fun and Kim is counting the days until next Halloween, when the girlies will be older and will (she hopes) share her love for this goofy holiday.
The girlies at the Halloween street festival
As many of you know, the woman that helps us take care of the girlies is named 'Mimi' - the girls love her and we are very lucky and happy that she has become part of our family. Mimi, in addition to being excellent at dealing with 17 month old twin girls and hanging out with movie stars during music class, is also an avid runner. She ran the New York City Marathon in early November, so we customized a few of the girl's shirts to give her some encouragement. Sally's says 'Run Mimi' and Amelia's says 'Go Mimi'. She ran the whole stinking 26.2 miles!!
