From the costumes to the decorations to the celebrations, Halloween for us was very low-key this year. Originally, the plan was to drive to Charleston and go trick-or-treating with the cousins. Other than a small Halloween party with our family here, we did very little as far as decorating and celebrating. And due to the outhouse fiasco, we didn't even have pumpkins. I'm sure my neighbors think we are complete Scrooges. But since we weren't going to be here for the holiday, I didn't want a ton of decorations to take down when we got back home. Then Ernie surprised us by coming home early (hurray!!!) and all our plans changed.
Halloween morning, I took Lily downtown where she got to go trick-or-treating with some of her friends. Since this was a "store" trick-or-treating event, I was expecting dum-dums and smarties to be the order of the day. But no. Lily got full-sized candy bars and a bucket filled to overflowing with chocolate. Now that is *my* kind of trick-or-treating.
Lily was literally dragging me along after her. I can't count how many times I heard, "Mommy, hurry up!"
Of course, it wasn't long before my little Halloween kitten was all tuckered out.
Last year we were in Louisiana and I didn't know anyone, so it was just us and Lily. This year Lily definitely had more fun playing with Tiger Lily, Bella and the other kids. So thanks, Sarah, for inviting us.
You probably can't tell, but this is a picture of Lily "grooming' herself. She picked out her costume all by herself and was so excited about it. I put it on her at 9 am and she did not take it off until 9 pm.
[ps: this is my favorite photo of the entire day, but nothing I did would make it post correctly. I can't very well leave it out, so turn your heads, please]
That night, after a dinner packed with lots of green veggies to make up for the candy free-for-all (or at least, that's what I told myself), Ernie and I took her trick-or-treating again in our neighborhood.
Before we could leave, I was a mean mommy and made Lily stop for a photo op. She was practically bursting with excitement, which made the simple task ten times more difficult.
Yes, I dressed up too. Ernie tried to get away with not dressing up, seeing as how he'd just driven sixteen hours to get there and was exhausted. But Lily was having none of it. So even he scrounged together a costume.
We discovered that there aren't many trick-or-treaters in our area. Probably because most people around here are either young or old couples with no children in the house. It turned out great for Lily, though, since everyone let her take fists full of candy. By the end of the night, her bag was packed. I'm really glad this only happens once a year.
Can you find Lily in this picture? A downside of her costume was that she was almost completely camouflaged at night. Luckily, her daddy had a reflective vest on to keep her safe.
We had fun. There was very little preparation involved, and I ended up throwing out half of the candy Lily got throughout the day. I think the best part of the holiday for both of us was having Ernie there to share it with us. Even though he did mess up most of my pictures with his reflective construction worker costume. I didn't get any family pictures, which I am bummed about, but oh well. We hardly ever get the chance to have family pictures, since either Ernie or I are always *taking* the picture. But we have two months with him before he has to go back to Texas, so do I have any volunteers to take a family picture for us?
Happy [late] Halloween, everyone.
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