Halloween!

This was the girls' first "real" Halloween. Last year, we were at my mema's and went to my aunt's and a friend of mema's, but the Natalie and Abby didn't really get the whole thing. This year, they were all about it.

This year we also did jack 'o' lanterns, which were more about Ben than the girls. Natalie and Abby were less than enthusiastic about reaching into the squishy pumpkins. So, we let Ben handle the muck and we just enjoyed the results.




Natalie had expressed for about a month that she wanted to be a cow for Halloween. I looked everywhere but couldn't find one. I was not especially inclined to get creative and make one, so I did the next best thing. I convinced Natalie she could be a farmer instead and carry around a cow.

This worked for me in two ways. One: I already had a funny "farmer" costume that was free in a bag of a bunch of hand-me-downs. Two: I no longer had to search for a cow costume.

So, I told Natalie she was Old McDonald and hooked up a little wagon to their little tractor. We visited the thrift store, found some stuffed pigs, a deer and of course, a cow. They joined a few other stuffed friends in the wagon for some trick-or-treating fun. Natalie bought into it completely and actually had a blast. She drove her little tractor up and down our street just as happy as could be. It was pretty adorable. She would park the tractor in the driveway, climb off, get her candy, get back on, back-up, turn and travel on down the road. She loved it.

Abby didn't seem to have any strong feelings about her costume, so she was a Bumble Bee (also found in the hand-me-down bag). She was the bee gathering pollen to make honey on Old McDonald's Farm.



We only visited about 6 houses, partly because it took a while to travel from house to house on the little tractor. But, it was plenty for the girls. They had a great time. After returning to the house, we had these comments:

Natalie: That was FUN! ....and my favorite

Abby: That was some good trick-or-treating.

Being very kind and generous parents who well-remember our stingy and mean parents on Halloween, we let the girls have several of their pieces of candy. (What's with that "only one piece on Halloween" crap...it's like saying you can stare at all the gifts from Santa but only open one!)

They tried out the sour worms, the Tootsie Roll Sucker, and of course, some chocolate. Ahhh....happy kids.

We've had several requests to go trick-or-treating again. They've accepted well the idea they will have to wait until next year.