Halloween 2013

Ellen and June had an awesome Halloween! In fact, we all had a ton of fun. Ellen kicked off the festivities on Wednesday with a Halloween party at school. She was so proud to wear her sea turtle costume and had a blast seeing what all of her classmates were dressed as. We (mostly Adam and I) carved pumpkins Wednesday night ... Ellen and June refused to touch the pumpkin cuts and they're still too young to wield sharp objects, but Ellen did advise me on the shapes she wanted me to carve for her jack-o-lantern's face.

On Thursday, we rushed through dinner and got changed into costumes as quickly as possible so we could get plenty of trick-or-treating in before bedtime. June wasn't too crazy about wearing her seahorse costume at first, but eventually she gave in and complied as long as we left the hat piece un-velcroed.

Ellen couldn't get to the neighbors' houses fast enough! Unlike previous Halloweens, she was not at all apprehensive about marching up to people's doors, ringing the bell and saying, "trick-or-treat" and then, "Thank you; Happy Halloween!" just like we had practiced. As she'd leave one house, she'd yell "Their lights are on; I think they're home!" as she bounded up the next driveway.

To our surprise, June was also very into trick-or-treating. She proudly sauntered up to the doors with her treat bag (or "purse" as she called it) on her arm and managed to say her own version of "trick-or-treat" and "thank you." She would then yell, "bye" at the top of her lungs and wave enthusiastically all while flashing her trademark cheesy grin. She melted a lot of hearts with her adorableness, but she was all business going from house to house.

We called it quits after hitting most of the houses on our side of the street since it was getting cold and we needed to get back to hand out candy at our house. This was almost as much fun as trick-or-treating. Ellen loved watching out the window for kids and giving them candy when they came to our door. June, on the other hand, loved helping herself to our candy bowl and shuttling pieces of candy into the playroom to "feed" her dolls/animals a treat. She then would find a new home for the candy in her trick-or-treat "purse." (I had to sneak them back into our bowl to ensure our supply didn't run out!)

Ellen and Adam headed out for Round Two of trick-or-treating and then I took both girls over to see our friends who live close by. After that, it was back home and off to bed. Such a fun night! We can't wait until next year!