Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Happy Halloween!

Despite the cold temperatures, we had a great time trick or treating tonight for Halloween.  Poor Will has been sick nonstop since starting preschool, and currently has a nasty cough.  Then Will has shared all of his preschool germs with his baby sister, so Laney also has been sick nonstop since Will started school.  Laney also has that nasty cough as well as a runny nose and a bad case of the grumps.  She cried all day and didn't want me to put her down.  Somehow the excitement of costumes and friends was able to cure her grumpies though and she rallied strong this evening, making for a fun time for all.
We hosted the Halloween party this year, and Eliana spent all morning putting up decorations.  We made several ghosts, spiders, and pumpkins, which William and Laney both loved.  Adele, Hannah, and Gianna came over plus our neighbors Violet and Xavier.  William was practically beside himself with joy.  He was dressed as Red Claw, the T-Rex from Land Before Time.  He was roaring and showing his teeth to everyone.  David said he ran up to every house, said "Trick-or-Treat" and thank you, and was going strong even to the end (quite different from last year). Eliana was dressed as a leopard witch.  She has been some type of cat for the last couple of years, so I was hoping that she would try out something new this year.  At first she said she wanted to be a witch.  Great, I thought, something different! But then she wanted to be a leopard - which, as she pointed out to me, is definitely not the same as a cat.  Finally she decided on a combination of the two and became a leopard witch.  Laney, lucky girl, got to wear Will's skunk costume from a couple of years ago.  She was quite adorable as a little skunk, even with her runny nose.  She sat with me to hand out candy for a bit and really enjoyed seeing everyone walking by, especially when they were walking with a dog.  We lasted about 30 minutes handing out candy but then had to go inside because it was too cold.  When Eliana brought home her candy bucket, Laney had a blast dumping the bucket out and then putting the candy back in, over and over again. With as cranky as she had been all day, I didn't think she would make it through the evening without a meltdown, but in the end, she had a wonderful time. All the kids in fact had a blast!

Little skunk, waiting for the party to start



I think she's adorable!

Most of the crew. Note Will roaring in this picture.


Family picture

Eliana and Violet

Red Claw!

What is this skunk doing? I caught you!

Skunk stealing my candy! Laney - 13 months
Does that costume look familiar?  Who wore it best?
Will - 4 months - 2014
I love all of my stinky kids!!

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