Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahye LOVE Halloween.
This year, for the first time ever, we left home for trick-or-treat. Our good friends M. and family, with whom we've spent the past several Halloweens, recently moved to a beautiful new house in a great neighborhood, and they invited us over for the evening. Despite our minor worries about having the baby out late, a wonderful time was had by all. As an added bonus, M.'s neighborhood really kicked a whole lot of butt when it came to Halloween to-do. There were haunted houses in people's garages, over-the-top costumes (on the homeowners, even more than the trick-or-treaters), spooky music blasted from attic rooms, elaborate yard displays. It was super cool. Av and M. got tons of attention, being among the youngest of the trick-or-treaters out there. It didn't hurt that they were dressed as Buzz Lightyear and Jessie from Toy Story - both girls were beyond cute. I so love watching Av enjoy herself so thoroughly. It's a feeling we grown-ups don't get to have all that often - I guess that's why it's often called the "kid on Christmas morning" feeling. It's nice to experience it vicariously.
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| Buzz and Jessie strike up a duet on the piano before heading out for trick-or-treat. |
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| My little lamb (I was Bo Peep) - not too happy about the headpiece, she. |
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| That's better. |
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| Av emerges from the mist with another awesome loot. |
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Earlier in the day, Av and I decorated cookies to share with our pals:
And since I'm going backwards in time here, might as well put up some cute ones from the day before, when we carved pumpkins:
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| El accompanies the carving with a homemade shaker. |
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Av is already looking forward to next Halloween. Me, too.
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