The kids had multiple Halloweens this year. Starting on Friday the 29
th, they were to dress up for the Halloween Parade at daycare. The challenge:
the heat! It runs
very warm in the nursing home, so putting the kids in the outfits I would put them in for trick-or-treating was just setting them up for sweat-fest 2010. So Parker got a
onesie, and was chilling in the ball pit when I took this photo quickly before I left for the day.
Maia and I went out earlier in the week to see what we could find on the cheap for her to wear at daycare. I gave her a few choices, including some princess and fairy outfits. She happily chose the witch!
So I'm told they both did great. Parker was quiet and wide-eyed with 3 of his friends in the quad-stroller. He gave lots of smiles.
Maia, I'm told, did a great job with her trick-or-treats and manners and was
very excited.
On Saturday the 30
th, we got ready to trick-or-treat with Adrian and Lydia in Kath's neighborhood, which opted to schedule their festivities on the 30
th instead. Maia and I made a bag together...
... which I proceeded to leave at home in the hurry of getting out the door. Oh well. At least I remembered the costumes!
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| Tiger Parker, Butterfly Maia |
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| Parker, Lydia, Maia, Adrian |
Adrian's costume included a knife in his chest, which apparently took a bit of ingenuity to get it attached. It looked pretty cool.
Speaking of cool: it was cool out. In the 50s during the day, so dipping down into the 40s as we walked. Parker was fairly well bundled, and did well, as long as we kept moving.
And Maia decided to enter the home to chose her candy at the first one we went to. Fortunately, they were grandparents, and people Kath knows. She did a great job remembering to say "Thank
yeeeeeuuuww!!" and "Happy Ha-oh-
weeen!"
Maia started to get pretty tired around her bed time, and ended up finishing up her festivities on Ray's shoulders. After all that cool weather, once we got back inside, we all started sweating.
It was well-past Maia's bedtime, but she wasn't going to head out without getting some candy in her belly!
What to choose?
We had considered taking her around our neighborhood on Sunday the 31st, but it didn't really work out with our messed up schedule. We'd had lunch together, belatedly, for my mother's birthday (the 25th), and Maia got down for her nap very late. We also don't have a large number of trick-or-treaters in our neighborhood. Maybe 30 kids. Perhaps next year. It really would be a good idea for us to meet some more of our neighbors!
Maia and I went out earlier in the week to see what we could find on the cheap for her to wear at daycare. I gave her a few choices, including some princess and fairy outfits. She happily chose the witch!
So I'm told they both did great. Parker was quiet and wide-eyed with 3 of his friends in the quad-stroller. He gave lots of smiles. 
On Saturday the 30th, we got ready to trick-or-treat with Adrian and Lydia in Kath's neighborhood, which opted to schedule their festivities on the 30th instead. Maia and I made a bag together...
... which I proceeded to leave at home in the hurry of getting out the door. Oh well. At least I remembered the costumes! 
And Maia decided to enter the home to chose her candy at the first one we went to. Fortunately, they were grandparents, and people Kath knows. She did a great job remembering to say "Thank yeeeeeuuuww!!" and "Happy Ha-oh-weeen!"
Maia started to get pretty tired around her bed time, and ended up finishing up her festivities on Ray's shoulders. After all that cool weather, once we got back inside, we all started sweating.
It was well-past Maia's bedtime, but she wasn't going to head out without getting some candy in her belly!
What to choose?
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