Halloween festivities

Anna didn't know much about Halloween until last Thursday or Friday. We didn't really see the point of telling her too much too far in advance since her concept of time is still pretty much limited to "today" and "tomorrow" :) I was trying to think of a way to explain things to her and finally just said it's a day when people dress up and go to their neighbor's houses to say "Happy Halloween". She then figured out the whole candy thing pretty quickly on Saturday evening :)


Anyway, we did our pumpkin carving on Friday evening. Anna thought it was great, especially since she usually asks me if she can help dig the seeds out when we cook up some pumpkins or some squash. Matt pulled out the jigsaw again for the actual carving ... much easier than a knife ...


Anna got to dress up as a lady bug this year. She thought it was great, especially when our neighbor, Karen, brought over a little ladybug purse for Anna to carry around. We went around to a few houses with neighbor's Carly, Blake, and parents and then headed over to Blake's house for some cupcakes.





Kate stayed home with Matt to hand out treats while Anna and I made our way down the street, but they joined us for the cupcakes. Kate was a pretty good kate-o-lantern.






Anna was pretty tired when we finally got back to our house on Saturday evening, even though we weren't out for very long. Overall, it was a fun experience.


Sunday afternoon turned out pretty well after a rough night with Kate on Saturday and a no-nap day for Anna on Sunday (not by our choice!). We set up in the basement to watch the Packers-Vikings game and Anna even got to have dinner down there (which we NEVER do ... too much of a mess normally). Anna loved looking for the "G's" on the field, watching the players get tackled, and telling me that the Packers were "taking a break" whenever there was a commercial :) Silly girl!