Sam's school does not officially recognize Halloween, but they do throw a might cute Noah's Ark Parade. Everyone must come in an Animal costume. Truth be told, most of Sam's class had no interest in being an animal for Halloween, so most of their costumes were back-ups or quick pull-togethers. Sam was fortunate enough to borrow Leo's Elephant (you've seen this before!) and looked great for the parade. I told him to wave to me during the parade, and he did with enthusiasm. Only down side, I couldn't really get a picture without his hand in front of his face! He was excited that "he was first" in the song they played - meaning that the elephant was the first animal mentioned. Oh how that child loves to be first.
Sam's parade was only half the school - its so big! I love the way they parade the toddler around - keep 'em contained! And I love the picture of Sam's teacher playing double duty, parading with her class while simultaneously snapping a picture of her 2 year old in costume.
Trick-or-Treating almost didn't happen this year. It rained HARD for 6 hours on Halloween morning, and most of the day before. Streets were flooded, and the interwebs were abuzz with people making plans to head to the mall, etc. But things started to clear up about 3:00 and we ended up with a really beautiful night. The kids were comfortable in their costumes (not sweating!) and the skies were clear. So thankful!
Annabelle totally got the hang of Trick-or-Treating this year. Honestly, one house and she was on board. She marched right up all those front walks and knocked on the door, ever more excited when she heard a "woof woof" inside. She'd reach her hand in the bowl and pull more and more candy out until the bowl or her hand was moved away. Occasionally she was so focused on the process that she dropped her loot into her brother's bag!
Sam of course is old hat by now. He declared the requisite "trick-or-treat" for both of them, and was careful in his candy selections. He declared that he was tired after a small number of houses, but I think he really just wanted to go home and eat candy. I knew he'd be bummed later if we cut it short, so we pressed on. Both kids returned home with a pretty good stash!
When we were done making our rounds we joined the rest of our neighbors in the center of the cul-de-sac for a mini block party. All the candy bowls on one table (efficient for the kids!) and the neighbor's hobby truck all decked out with smock machine, pop up goblins and the like. The adults hung out there until about 9 and had a great time being neighborly.
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