Halloween

Minnie had a pretty eventful Halloween. Bouncy houses with Zak on Friday night, neighborhood progressive Halloween party on Saturday, and then finally Halloween night trick-or-treating down our street.

Zak and Minnie on their way to bounce. Of course Minnie has a leaf in her mouth. She pretty much had a leaf in her mouth all this autumn.

Battling with Zak for prime slide position

Another outfit - that's my tank top hanger-strap around her neck, my scarf, and Ryan's shoes, with a wall outlet plug in her mouth.

Zak as a shark and Minnie as a ladybug on their way to the first house at progressive party. They decorated pumpkins and ate candy. Minnie was tattled on for eating more candy than she was supposed to. See little Sophie in the back? She's one of Minnie's neighborhood friends. Minnie plays at her house. One day, Minnie came home with a necklace of Sophie's. I told Minnie she would have to return it to Sophie. She calmly told me, "No Soe's. Das Ninnie's neh-ness." I couldn't believe a two-year old was smart enough to lie to me about the ownership of said necklace (all the mothers that read this are saying of course two-year olds are!) and then absolutely expected me to believe her.

Second house - games - Minnie snuck around the house to the other side of the donut eating game to find the best view instead of standing in line like everybody else. That was pretty smart.

Third house - storytelling - adult even jumped out of their seats when the witch cackled. Minnie sat with Olivia and had a front row seat.

Kid's meal - pizza - Would someone please clean this kid's face?

OK, ready to go to the store, Mom.

Wait!

I forgot my purple tongue.

Finally, Halloween night!

Our first door. Don't worry. It didn't take us long to get the hang of it. Knock. Say TickTeat and you get candy. Sweet!

This picture was taken before we got to the second door.

This was what Minnie loved to do - bumrush the greeter and check out the inside of our neighbors' houses.

Come on Zak, there's so much more candy out there waiting for us. But Minnie, a really cool truck just passed by.

Come on Minnie. I'll lead the way. I practically glow in the dark in my fireman costume.

Back home after a long night of trick-or-treating

Minnie practicing trick-or-treating as a piece of pizza