Three and a half years old? Seriously?
Today is significant in many ways, but the one to note is that Ella and Aidan are officially halfway to four years old.
Wow - my little babies are now little people and continue to amaze me each day. They know all of the months and days of the week, and even know their birthday!
Someone please stop the clock - even for just one day!
After a wonderful night with Opa and Grandma Shushi, we woke up ready to explore and see some gorgeous mountain views!
We were not disappointed!
We even took a little hike down to an amazing waterfall where the kiddos had a total blast getting to go underneath and see it from the other side!
After an amazing lunch in Highlands, where literally everyone knows Opa and were so thrilled to meet Ella and Aidan, we let the kids burn off a bit more energy on the playground and then hit the road for home. Wearing them out worked like a charm and they were both passed out before we even left the town limits of Highlands and they slept for over 1/2 of the ride home!
We made it back right at 6 PM, just in time for a quick dinner and to change into their costumes for our final round of trick-or-treating!
What an amazing Halloween - filled with wonderful friends, loving family, perfect weather, plenty of sweets and treats, and memories to last a lifetime!
We decided to do something different this year and headed up to Highlands, North Carolina on Saturday (just for the night) to meet up with Opa and Grandma Shushi for the annual Trick-or-Treat bonanza.
It was a four hour ride - but the scenery was absolutely gorgeous! As usual, our little duo were great travellers!
We made one stop for lunch at a little place in Lake Toxaway that overlooked a pretty cool waterfall.
Once we arrived in Highlands....
....we did some shopping, had some ice cream, grabbed a quick BBQ dinner and headed to Opa's apartment so that the kids could change into their costumes.
Aidan loved every single minute, while Ella was a bit traumatized by most of the costumes. She was not a fan of the giant bunny, giant bear, or giant clown and spent most of the time in tears and asking us to walk away or hide her face. She did perk up towards the end of the evening and managed to do a little bit of trick-or treating.
As the evening came to an end, we wound down the mountain into Dillard, GA to check into our hotel for the night. Needless to say, it was well past Ella and Aidan's normal bedtime and we had quite the time convincing an overexcited little Aidan to take off his Buzz costume, as he was having too much fun "flying" on the bed.
Something tells me that the Buzz and Jessie costumes will not be a part of my inventory at next fall's CMOM's sale!
