Happy Trick or Treat!
That's how Sofi greeted everyone at the doors she visited this year, if she wasn't too shy—"Happy Trick or Treat!"
And what a happy Halloween it was!
The day started with a trick about treats...
I woke up to find Sofi already dressed in her costume, which is Jane from Disney's version of Tarzan. We had just checked the movie out from the library, and she saw it with "Papa" and Grandma D when they visited the other weekend, so when Mary and Sofi went to the Goodwill to look for costumes and found the Jane costume, that was an instant winner. Any Disney leading lady will do. At least I can have some peace of mind knowing that Jane was a proper English lady, and not a princess.
So as I was saying, Sofi is in her costume first thing. And as I come out the bathroom after doing my morning routine, I'm almost run over as Jane goes literally racing by, straight into her bedroom.
It isn't until I'm well into making breakfast for Isaac and I that I realize things are, once again, too quiet. So I head in the direction that I last saw Jane.
The bedroom that I believe I will find Jane is closed off—the door is shut. I open the door. I don't see Jane anywhere, but I do see a Jane-sized mound underneath the blankets on the bed. I run to get the camera, and as I snap the picture Jane reveals herself—and the plastic jack-o-lantern that she already had candy in it from trick-or-treating at the local farmers' market last Friday (the plastic jack-o-lantern is not seen in the photo because it is still covered by the blankets).
So that is how Halloween started. With a rush to and from the sugar.
We had storytime at the library in the morning, so I got Isaac dressed up in his jack-o-latern outfit and we all went and had a good time, as we usually do every Wednesday. Below is a photo of Isaac enjoying himself with an older boy who was very taken with the baby jack-o-latern at the library.
In the evening I stayed home to hand out candy and Mary and the kids did the rounds, with Isaac in a different costume, that of a lady bug (Mary also had a lady bug costume to match). All the photos are below. When they came home, even Isaac had his own candy—a full size 3 Musketeers to be precise. While there was no way we were going to let him eat it, he certainly had a tight grip on it for the rest of the evening.
One more snippet to close this Halloween story. The next morning, while I was blogging about Sofi's reaction to grapefruit at breakfast, Sofi found our pumpkin carving knives. Thankfully these are designed so that there is no sharp edge and are extremely dull (and yet they cut pumpkins amazingly well—I love them and wish I'd had them when I was a kid... perhaps I never would have needed stitches!), so I had no need to worry. What Sofi had discovered was a great exercise in fine motor skills. She literally carved the pumpkins to pieces. One of them the top was completely cut off (much like the cup cake a few days earlier!).
For more Halloween photos visit Flickr...
And what a happy Halloween it was!
The day started with a trick about treats...
I woke up to find Sofi already dressed in her costume, which is Jane from Disney's version of Tarzan. We had just checked the movie out from the library, and she saw it with "Papa" and Grandma D when they visited the other weekend, so when Mary and Sofi went to the Goodwill to look for costumes and found the Jane costume, that was an instant winner. Any Disney leading lady will do. At least I can have some peace of mind knowing that Jane was a proper English lady, and not a princess.
So as I was saying, Sofi is in her costume first thing. And as I come out the bathroom after doing my morning routine, I'm almost run over as Jane goes literally racing by, straight into her bedroom.
It isn't until I'm well into making breakfast for Isaac and I that I realize things are, once again, too quiet. So I head in the direction that I last saw Jane.
The bedroom that I believe I will find Jane is closed off—the door is shut. I open the door. I don't see Jane anywhere, but I do see a Jane-sized mound underneath the blankets on the bed. I run to get the camera, and as I snap the picture Jane reveals herself—and the plastic jack-o-lantern that she already had candy in it from trick-or-treating at the local farmers' market last Friday (the plastic jack-o-lantern is not seen in the photo because it is still covered by the blankets).So that is how Halloween started. With a rush to and from the sugar.
We had storytime at the library in the morning, so I got Isaac dressed up in his jack-o-latern outfit and we all went and had a good time, as we usually do every Wednesday. Below is a photo of Isaac enjoying himself with an older boy who was very taken with the baby jack-o-latern at the library.
In the evening I stayed home to hand out candy and Mary and the kids did the rounds, with Isaac in a different costume, that of a lady bug (Mary also had a lady bug costume to match). All the photos are below. When they came home, even Isaac had his own candy—a full size 3 Musketeers to be precise. While there was no way we were going to let him eat it, he certainly had a tight grip on it for the rest of the evening.
One more snippet to close this Halloween story. The next morning, while I was blogging about Sofi's reaction to grapefruit at breakfast, Sofi found our pumpkin carving knives. Thankfully these are designed so that there is no sharp edge and are extremely dull (and yet they cut pumpkins amazingly well—I love them and wish I'd had them when I was a kid... perhaps I never would have needed stitches!), so I had no need to worry. What Sofi had discovered was a great exercise in fine motor skills. She literally carved the pumpkins to pieces. One of them the top was completely cut off (much like the cup cake a few days earlier!).
For more Halloween photos visit Flickr...
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