Our Noble Pursuits: Halloween 2012

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Halloween 2012

This year, our little ladybug from last year transformed into a little pumpkin for the Halloween festivities of 2012. Although Annie still isn't old enough to really get the full effect of the holiday, she had fun at our two Halloween activities and made quite the adorable walking, jabbering jack-o-lantern.

Here's our little pumpkin getting ready to take off for some Halloween fun this year...

And, just for the sake of taking a good old trip down memory lane, here's our little ladybug last year...

A few days before Halloween, we sort of crashed the costume parade of the neighborhood next to us, the neighborhood where several of our friends live. It was fun to have a chance to dress Annie up and let her prance around a little before the big night. I think you'll agree she seemed to be having lots of fun.

Heading over to the costume parade.

Stella, Audrey, and Annie

Annie and Daddy,sizing up the competition.

Stella and Annie showing how to rock some playground toys.

Then, on Halloween day, we dressed her up again for school, where they take the kids around the building to "trick or treat" in the other classrooms. I'm not sure there was much treating, as 16 month olds don't care so much for candy yet and what teacher in her right mind wants a bunch of toddlers hopped up on sugar. But she once again looked cute as can be.

Halloween night, we loaded up in the stroller and headed over to Annie's friend Audrey's house for dinner with our friends and Annie's. Once dinner was over, we loaded up and headed over to another friend, Ellie's, house for dessert. The short walk from one house to the other was pretty much the extent of Annie's trick or treating for the night, and it was unfortunately raining for that. But we all had a great time and we figure there are plenty of years of real live actual honest to goodness trick or treating ahead.