Thankful Thursday: Sweet Baby Niece

I was able to spend some quality one-on-one time with my youngest niece this week.

I saw several Thankful Thursday posts up already and thought that title was appropriate for these two photos.

I think I've said it on here before but I'll say it again. I have always been a sucker for matching/coordinating shirts for my nephews and now I have two nieces just six months apart so the trend continues.

I got the girls matching butterfly costumes for Halloween and I put the little one in hers to see how it fit.

Adorable, right? Just imagine another little girl with the same outfit sitting on the couch next to her...double adorable!

I'm thankful that I have six happy, healthy nephews and nieces AND that they all live within 5 minutes of me.

Happy Halloween

While I'm waiting for the doorbell to ring later this evening, here's a photo of my sweet, sweet niece awaiting her very first Halloween!

The pants she's wearing above are the ones I bought for my oldest nephew to wear on his very first Halloween nine years ago!

Can't wait to see the rest of the costumes!

Happy Halloween!

UPDATE:  Three of the four nephews arrived.

Aren't they cute?

Here's what they really look/act like.

The last nephew arrived a little while ago. I just love his costume! He even had shiny black dress shoes to wear thanks to our other sister. One of her boys wore them to a wedding so tonight was the second time they've been worn.

I also love how he instinctively put his hand on the billy club...just like a real policeman!

While waiting on the cops to arrive, I actually had my first non-family member trick-or-treater in the two years I've lived here! How exciting.

Though, I think the porch light is going off...guess I'll have to eat the leftover candy. Bummer...

Wordless Wednesday...Lemurs Love Pumpkins

Lil' Sister and I headed to the Indianapolis Zoo with her little guy and two of our nephews last Saturday. They were excited to see all of the animals, including the elephants.

Since it was the weekend before Halloween, the zoo was decorated with skeletons, spiderwebs and more. Several of the animals had pumpkins to play with, including my favorite of the day, the lemurs.

The little guys really enjoyed watching the lemurs' antics but eventually one of those blow-up decorations caught their attention. Even lemurs inside a pumpkin can't compete with a kitty cat popping out of a Jack-o-lantern!

Linking up to Wordless Wednesday, A Beautiful Mess, and My Life in Jenga.

(Oops...linked to these parties last night but forgot to put up my post. First time that has happened!)