1st Halloween

Audrey had a fabulous first Halloween, complete with beautiful weather. Daycare had a "Fall Festival" in which the kids could wear their costumes. I told her teacher that I did not think this was a good idea since she would not fit in a highchair as a pumpkin! So, we brought her costume along. When we arrived in the morning, Audrey and I spotted what her classmates would be, including a lamb, a ballerina, a doctor, and um, another pumpkin. Darn. Audrey was the cuter pumpkin though, in my biased opinion. I promised Audrey that I would be back for part of the party, kissed her good-bye, and left for work. When I arrived back a few hours later, all the babies were fast asleep! Audrey's teacher said they were all worn out from a full morning of trick-or-treating, pumpkin painting, and several games. I got to see some pictures of her day, including the fact that she somehow kept her pumpkin hat on while at daycare. She must have been having too much fun to care she was wearing it. She was so proud of the pumpkin that she painted, with her feet. She helped me carry it out to the car.

We arrived home early, and Eric was sitting out front with two big bowls of candy. Um, Eric, why are you sitting outside? That's not tradition. I soon learned that in our new neighborhood, people sit out front to hand out candy. I thought this to be odd but ended up liking it a lot since we got to meet several of our new neighbors. Audrey sat outside with us in her costume, and our neighbors across the street said she was the loudest pumpkin ever. She enjoyed eating some snacks and playing in the front yard while meeting some of the neighbor kids and looking at all of the funny costumes. She got many compliments on her attire.

No doubt she will have a blast next Halloween. Fris, on the other hand, is delighted Halloween is only once a year...