A Busy Halloween

Happy Halloween to everyone!

This past week was a whirlwind for us. We had a bunch of Halloween-themed events to attend. It was very busy, but totally worth it since Elina got to use her butterfly costume many many times. Let's see how many times:

1. At the pumpkin patch, (We went to pumpkin patches 4 times this year. Let me tell ya, I am totally pumpkin'd out, folks. She wore her costume at one of our pumpkin patch visits.)


2. At Trunk or Treat,


3. At dance class,


4. At our neighborhood playgroup Boo Bash,


5. At Kindermusik class, and


6. On Halloween night.

We definitely got a lot of use out of her costume this year!

Here is a video of our little caterpillar crawling around before we headed out. Eli kinda looks like a caterpillar, right?

On Halloween, Elina and her friend M went trick-or-treating together. They had so much fun racing up to doors, knocking, and then getting candy. While they waited for people to answer the door, they would peek into people's windows. It was really cute. Every time they finished getting candy, they would check out their bags and then Elina would show us the candy in her bag. M and Elina were perfect trick-or-treating partners because M would run and show Elina the way to the door and then Elina would remind M that she had to say "thank you" after she got her candy. (Elina would actually say, "M, you have to say 'thank you.'") And then M would immediately say it. Kids are so funny that way. They listen better to their friends than to their own parents. (Aren't we all like that a little bit??)

Here are some cute videos of the trick-or-treating.

In this first one, Elina is going to M's door to trick-or-treat (notice the peeking after she knocks)-

This second one is Elina and M going up to another house (notice how M immediately runs past Elina)-

This next video shows M and Elina after they have gotten candy. Look at how happy they are as they look in their bags.

In this last video, M and Elina are so cute because they are crossing the street together.


This year, there were less people at home doling out candy. This was a bummer for the girls because they would knock and wait, but no one would come. After a while, M would just look at a house and say, "There's nobody home," before she even tried knocking. We definitely got less candy this year, but it was still a fun time. Eli wasn't really into it because he was feeling under the weather and because he can't really get candy or eat it, but Elina had a blast. The next morning she asked if we were going to go trick-or-treating again. The girl loves her candy!

B and I were going to get dressed up again with the kids but we just couldn't do it. It was just WAY too hot that night for us to have pillows and polyfill so close to our bodies. I know, we're lame for not doing it, but it was a pretty warm night. Even the mosquitoes were out and they got B pretty good. Oh well. We did it once for Trunk or Treat. I think we can call it good.