Halloween was really fun this year! Grace understood all of the Halloween things because Atticus was so into it: ghosts, costumes, spiders, spooky things, haunted houses, everything. We watched all the "pooky" shows for Doc, Mickey, Shimmer & Shine, Paw Patrol, etc. but Grace's favorite was "Mickey Boo!" and we even recited the story (from the cartoon) each night at bedtime with her other stories. Oh! And every night, we would go through all of the Paw Patrol characters so she could tell me what she thought they should dress up as for Halloween. So funny! We decorated their rooms with lights (purple for Grace of course) and spider webs and Halloween drawings. Atticus especially loved this part. We did some other fall things like go to the pumpkin patch and the corn maze in town and hit up our fall festival at church. They wore their costumes to school. Grace was a kitty - since she is SO into kitties! And Atticus was a dinosaur - a pterodactyl actually! GG came into town and made his entire costume and it was so great! I threw pieces together to make Grace's, but she only let me do her face one time when we practiced. She never wore her face paint to school or even on Halloween. On Halloween night, GG was here and we had Chris, Katherine and Olivia over for dinner and trick or treating in our neighborhood. The kids were so excited to trick or treat. Atticus knew exactly what to do and so did Grace...but she got distracted. There is a neighborhood cat that has been around the last few months and belongs to a family down the street. It is the sweetest cat and the kids love it. So, she happened to see it and then it ran off and for the first few houses, all she really wanted to do was say "here titty!" and whistle for the cat. So, she was a little slow to trick or treat at first. THEN, we realized that Atticus would not go up to a house unless there were no kids there. He would just wait at the end of the sidewalk and not even let Grace walk up there without him with her, until the kids walked away from the door. He was too funny! But, he was great at helping Grace and trick or treating. And he got more comfortable as the night went on. Grace, however, got tired of walking. We walked the entire neighborhood and Vic actually pulled our red wagon with some drinks and snacks in it and it turns out that it was a good idea. We didn't expect the kids to ride in it, but Grace decided she was tired. So this became our routine: Grace got in the wagon after a house, rode it until the next house, got out, trick or treated, and then got back in. Over and over. It was just too funny to tell her no, but definitely took more time! So, she may have skipped a few houses without knowing it, while Atticus hit them all. She also wanted to eat the candy as she went (and so did Atticus!) and she was only really interested in suckers while Atticus preferred chocolate. They were a mess. And boy were we all tired at the end of the night. Olivia didn't last as long (bless those infant bedtimes!) so they left about an hour in, but the rest of us trudged along. It was really fun and I think this is the first year I have had so much fun around Halloween time because the kids were so into it! Here's some Halloween pictures!
This was the first house they wanted to go to. For the two weeks prior, the neighbors decorated the lawn with all kinds of zombies and ghosts and the kids LOVED going to visit it each night. So, finally, they got to see it this night when all the lights and sounds were going.
Grace was just whistling for that cat!
Atticus would not let Grace go to a house until he was ready!
Enjoying your chariot, Grace?
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