We had a great Halloween this year. We started the morning with Allie's preschool. Then at nap time Wonder Woman decided she wanted to be a witch for trick-or-treating. I thought for sure she would change her mind when she woke up, since she loved being Wonder Woman but she didn't. She said the boots were "too wonky" and she just wanted to be a witch like last year. So she was! When I was getting Allie ready for school Paige kept saying "costume, costume" so she was excited when she got to put on her flower costume.
Our first stop of the day was at Grandma and Paka's. We got to see Kainoa dressed up as a police officer so that was fun for all of the little ones to be together for a while before we headed our separate ways for the evening. They trick-or-treated at a few of Grandma and Paka's neighbors and got the hang of it. Paige loves saying "trika-teet". We usually go to Davis to hit the Trick-or- Treat Trail with Alissa and Addie, but Allie was adamant that she did not want to go and see "any scary freaks in Davis". She remembered all of the scary big kids from last year and wanted no party of it!
Next we headed over to our neighbor "Wheels" (Will) to have a little pre-party and trick-or-treat together with a group of kiddos. The kids ran around outside and played together until we headed out for trick-or-treating. Paige loved going from house to house, and was not scared one bit. Allie went to about 2 houses and was done! She wanted to go home and pass out candy instead. So Paige and I finished the loop with the rest of the gang, and Geoff and Allie went home to pass out candy.
Geoff set up shop on the front porch. It is so weird to sit outside on Halloween and trick-or-treat in short sleeves and flip flops. Allie quickly found out that the scary masks still trick-or-treat at our house and were no fun, so she came in the house. Paige took over as the candy passer-outer when we got home, and loved seeing all of the kids. Allie was in the house peeping through the blinds and when someone scary came to the house she would shut them.
Finally she made this sign "no scary costumes" to put on the door! I will admit there were some gross, scary costumes but lots of super cute ones too! It is all part of Halloween!!
Overall, it was a great day. As we were walking from house to house with the littles ones Fiona said this is what being a parent is all about! And it truly is... making memories and traditions for our littles to look back on. We are blessed to have two healthy girls, and great family and friends!
