Aurora & her friend, D, found the exact same dress (I think it was actually a princess dress) but they got the brilliant idea to be historical American Girls for trick or treat night. Aurora was Elizabeth and D was Samantha. They both got ready at our house & we curled their hair and put on makeup.

Then we headed up the street to begin our 2 hour treck through the neighborhood. Tucker was dressed as a pumpkin and he was exhausted by the time we returned home. The girls recooped with a bit of chocolate from the loot they collected throughout the evening and talked about all the fun they had that evening.

Didn't realize I had taken so many pictures in NYC until I began to look at them on the computer. I could make a whole album out of our 2 day outing there. But I'll just share a few for now...

Aurora & I both celebrate birthdays in October. So we took a free weekend to get-away as a family to New York City and celebrate. It was so much fun to walk the streets of Manhattan in 80 degree heat in October & enjoy all the sites - architecture of various buildings, double-decker buses, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, Ground Zero, Saks, St. Patricks Cathedral, Little Brasil, and the American Girl store! It was a full day! I'll have to post more pictures later. But here's a special one that was taken along the Hudson River while we were waiting to ride on the Staten Island Ferry to see Lady Liberty!

Happy Birthday sweet baby of ours!