Yay Halloween!!!

We had a fantastic Halloween week...I already posted about our first attempt at trick or treating, but the subsequent attempts more than made up for that failure. Monday was fun because when we visited Sandee's house, Kayci came with Keila and Anya had a ball playing with her. Tuesday was costume party day at school. Anya wore her Cinderella bunny outfit and had a blast playing with her friends at school.
After school, we dressed up for Trick or Treat Street at the local high school. Anya continued with Cinderella bunny and Baz became Eeyore. The HS kids clearly had fun decorating the classrooms in different themes and made it a fun time for the little ones. Baz was pretty confused by the dark halls and flashing lights, but didn't get scared! They also had a "haunted house" which was very tame, but Miss Scared-by-Nothing was terrified of the "trapdoors" on the floor. These trapdoors were just pieces of cardboard duct-taped to the floor, but they sure scared her! They even had facepainting, so it was most definitely a hit!

Wednesday brought GramPapPap and Halloween! We had significantly fewer T or T ers than usual and they started later than usual. Anya insisted that we all join in the festivities, so all of us put on our costumes and went trick or treating. This only consisted of our cul-de-sac and the adjacent street, but there was plenty of candy in their bags!

Anya distinctly remembered the "skeleton house" from last year. This was a house with a small plastic skeleton that talked and lit up when you went near. Why this scared her, I have no idea, but until we actually went up to that house and she saw just how benign the skeleton was, she got over it quickly!

Baz also took a little time to warm up to Pap pap once his face was painted. He never cried or ran away, but he refused to go to him and wanted to be nowhere near him. I have to admit- with the hat, cape, and face painting, he did look a little scary! After a while, Baz got over it and saw how silly we all looked and he did warm up to Pap pap.

Now I just have to figure out what to do with all of this candy!