Halloween

Not that I had expected anything different but Halloween was quite a challenge. The first strike against the evening was just that - it's evening, crabby time. Second strike against us - bringing them home from daycare to shove some food in their faces and a quick clothing change and out the door again, which is completely out of our routine. They enjoyed going down to our neighbor's house for some "haunted hot dogs" and a quick visit. We decided to walk around the block and look at pumpkins and costumes rather than doing the real trick-or-treat thing. They were not going to eat the candy! So, Ada just wanted to run all over and Emmet became obsessed with wanting to go in the road and then didn't want to be held but didn't want to walk either. We managed to make it home where they both had a mega meltdown because they didn't want to come inside. Meltdown mode was extinguished with a Laurie Berkner video, snacks and snuggles. The fun really began when people came to trick-or-treat. Emmet knows how to open our doors now so he really enjoyed greeting the kids...so did Ada. Their little faces would light up and Emmet would wave and giggle and Ada would say "hi". So, the night ended okay but left me thinking we should have just stayed in! I'm sure next year will be different...or maybe we'll just enjoying handing out candy rather than going to get it! Here are some pics documenting the evening.