It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Magnificent Mile light parade.

There were quite a few concerts performed over Thanksgiving!

It's time to trim the tree!

Having fun on the penguin slide at the aquarium.

Rudolph made an appearance at our neighborhood's Winterfest.

Dancing with some ballerinas at the festival!

I love you Santa!

How much longer do I have to wait?!

Always a proper ballerina : )

Ellie taking a dance lesson before the Dance-Along Nutcracker.

Such a cool event!  All of the little ballerinas were able to participate in the performance.

Dancing with her friend Delaney.

The Daley Plaza Mrs. Claus.

Happy Halloween from under the sea!

 Clara with her friend Lyla at her Halloween Birthday party.

 Crafting at the party.

 Getting pumpkins ready for our Halloween party.

 Our neighborhood costume parade and trick-or-treating at the merchants.

 Ellie ran into her friend Carolina from preschool.

This fish is ready to party!

Sofia, Ellie's friend from her art class last spring.

 Twin fish- Scarlett and Clara.

Ellie's preschool friend, Savannah.

 There were three mermaids at the party!

Decided to pull out some old costumes and switch it up a bit for this event.

 More crafting.

 Clara and Sophie

 Ellie in her Halloween parade at school.

 Clara really wanted to join in the fun!

She made a pumpkin with purple sparkles- perfect for Ellie!

Let's go trick-or-treating!

It was a little strange to venture out into our new neighborhood for trick-or-treating this year.  We always had so much fun with all of our family, making our way around the block in our old neighborhood!

There are lots families with kids in our neighborhood, so many of the houses just had a bowl of candy left out on the front porch.

Clara didn't understand what we were doing at first, but by the end she was saying, "trick-or-treat" and holding out her bag at each house : )

It's getting heavy!

Crunchy leaves!

A successful trip!