A few days before Halloween, Daddy brought home a pumpkin. I've never carved a pumkin before, so this was a new experience for me. Mommy and I sat outside and set to work. First, I chose a picture from a book -- a big black kitty cat! [William has been obsessed with black cats in the decorations this Halloween!] We peeled the stickers out of the book and put them on the pumpkin. Then Mommy cut a hole in the top and pull all the 'guts' out. I refused to touch them because they looked gross! Then she helped me cut around the edges of the stickers to make the pumpkin into a black cat!
I was very proud of my pumpkin! We put a candle inside it, and put 'fire' on the candle every night. We had it right outside our front door!
On Halloween, Grangie, Paw-Paw, Gram, and Papa came to our house to see me in my costume. I made such a cute lion! We first headed down to Grangie and Paw-Paw's 'new house'. Mommy and Daddy wanted to take my pictures on their porch (It's decorated for Halloween!) before I decided I needed to no longer be a lion.
First Daddy took some pictures of just me.
Then they brought Madeline out. She can't sit up on her own yet, and I can only hold her well when I'm propped up with lots of pillows around us, so Mommy got the clever idea to put her in Grangie's "witch's pot" candy bowl. She did pretty well at first.
Then I realized that the thing she was sitting in was the same bowl Grangie had suckers in the day before. So of course I went looking for the suckers!
Where'd they go??
Okay, so Madeline got pretty angry being stuck in a pot. I don't blame her, either! So I insisted that I hold her to make her happy again.
I'm not sure how happy she was, but Daddy got a few shots.
And Mommy learned very fast that it's not an easy task to take pictures of two kids!
Madeline was perfectly content hanging out outside before trick-or-treating.
Aunt Shane gave me a flashlight for trick-or-treating. I had to make sure it was going to work!
Before heading out, I needed to check out the candy stash Mommy and Grangie had ready.
Time to go! So I climbed in my wagon, and Daddy, Paw-Paw, Papa, and I took off!
Sippy Cup -- Check.
I was a little skiddish at first....
But I quickly warmed up and got into it!
We took one side panel off -- easy access in and out at each house!
Sippy Cup -- Check.Bag for Candy -- Check.
Read for Trick-or-Treating!
I was a little skiddish at first....
But I quickly warmed up and got into it!
That was fun!!
