Halloween 2012

We had a great Halloween! We started with some Halloween festivities on Sunday - we went to a pumpkin carving party in Aunt MaryAnne's neighborhood. Zilla came with us and did most all of the carving. It was Grace's first time helping to carve a pumpkin and she loved digging in and scooping out the guts and seeds! There were a few other kids there and Grace loved running through the paths in the garden and around the house.

We carved a pumpkin at our house on Monday night. Brian helped but said he mostly just wanted to roast the seeds!

Yesterday morning I dressed Grace up and we went to Zilla's work. All the ladies and gents loved seeing our little owl, and she got a good haul of treats just from this one stop! One of the ladies gave Grace a treat bag with a book, bouncy ball, and some treats; it was really sweet. As her treat bag got heavier and heavier, Zilla offered to carry it but Grace refused. "No, I carry it!" She was not going to let that treat bag out of her sight!

We just visited family to trick-or-treat this year, and started at Uncle Johnny and Auntie Becky's house. Their other niece had the same costume as Grace! We headed up to GG's after that, then to Aunt Jam's. Jam let Grace pick her own treats out of a basket and she kept going back for more (Jam said she could take some extra chips for Daddy!). We ended the night at Zilla and Grampers' house for supper, and Grace helped give out treats there. She was a little hesitant at first to give the treats away!