I have gotten really bad about putting pictures on the same computer that I use for blogging and if I continue to wait for that then I will get even more behind on my blogging than I already am so…forget the pictures for now! I have a few of Sophie in her Halloween costume that I can share from her daycare parade and party but none from Halloween day and night which were soooo much better.
Having said all that, Halloween weekend started on Friday. Sophie’s daycare holds an annual Harvest Festival which includes a parade of all the kiddos in their costumes and a little carnival. I don’t have too many pictures of Sophie marching in the parade because even though I tried to hide…she saw me and screamed bloody murder until I went to stand with her. I walked a few feet in the parade with the other two year olds before I felt silly and just went to stand around with her until the parade was over.
So instead of having this great photo of Sophie in full bumblebee cuteness, I have this photo of her complaining about the noise the other kids and parents were making. See? This explains why I waited so long to blog.
Here is the stinger and wing view of my little bee:
Overall, it was a great Halloween. The night before my husband and I took on the task of carving our very own pumpkin. It was no easy task. I figured we were better than the usual first timers and went with a semi-difficult face – lots of angles and curves – instead of the traditional triangles. Two hours later we had a fabulous Jack-o-Lantern lit on our kitchen table. I promise to share a picture. Sophie did not pay too much attention to it and absolutely would not help me clean the insides out. Then again, neither would my squeamish husband. So it was all up to me to wipe the inside clean of guts and get it ready for a face.
Halloween itself was filled with fun and family. We did arts and crafts with my nieces. I brought them over so the kids could paint Halloween pictures and then we all went to lunch and to a local mall for some daytime Halloween festivities. That night my parents came down and went trick or treating with us. My parents are ever festive and actually dressed up! My mom was the Cat in the Hat and my dad wore a huge body suit of a very politically incorrect redneck. I was kind of a pirate – and my husband dressed as himself.
Sophie was really the highlight of the evening and had a ball. She loved giving out candy to the trick or treaters. One of my favorite parts is seeing all of the kids in their costumes. This year was huge with Princesses (as usual) and Transformers. I loved the little boys dressed up as Transformers.
The funniest part of the evening came when it became apparent that Sophia had not quite figured out the difference between giving out candy and receiving it. She started stopping other kids on the sidewalk and trying to give away her candy! But then when we tried to help her with the pumpkin holding her loot she told us, “no” and held it possessively close to her. Such a funny kid.
There is something about seeing Halloween through Sophia’s eyes that made it so much better. I could not ask for a better one and it was, without a doubt, my favorite Halloween to date.
