October 31, 2011:

Adam helped me taste test my own personal recipe for Harry Potter's Butterbeer.

CHEERS!

Bottoms Up!

Getting ready to go trick-or-treating!  There isn't anything like Halloween or trick-or-treating
in Sweden, so this American tradition was new to the boys. 
August was a King and Adam was a Pirate.

Princess Siri (aka Rapunzel) spends some time lovin' on Baby Axel.

Here comes our Flynn Rider!

The Karlsson / Agren Family

The Dewey Family

All the cute kids ready to go

Taking some pictures

The adults look on while...

...the kids start knocking on doors for candy.

As you can see, my kids decided they were going to be the characters from Tangled for Halloween.  Of course, Siri wanted to be Princess Rapunzel.

Susan Larson worked an absolute MIRACLE on her sewing machine and made this incredible costume so Jase could be Flynn Rider!  Yes, she even made the belts, satchel, and boots!

And believe it or not, Kira WANTED to be Mother Gothel. 
She LOVES the song "Mother Knows Best" and has decided this is the
"Mother Gothel pose."

More pictures of my kiddos

I was astounded by how many people had their DOGS dressed up for Halloween!

Jason and I with the kids

Here we go!

More crazy decorations

There were lots of kids out in our neighborhood that evening.

I think they are a bit "too" camera ready...

Kira loved this black cat.  I know from our morning rollerblading / walks that Duchess
DOES NOT love this cat!

Making out with tons of "loot"

Johan and his boys

Some more decorations

Jason and the boys

Adam and August LOVE Star Wars, so we took a picture with Darth Vadar.

YEAH!

Look at what we got!

Dumping out the treasure...

Checking out some American candy...

Since Karin Sofia stayed home with Axel, Johan showed her pictures of the evening.

Enjoying some Halloween caramel corn - a family tradition!