Hallowe'en
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I recognize we are bad parents for it but I did not take any pictures of Laila's costume.
One thing that's a very nice bonus about living where I do, but which I absolutely did not realize before I moved there, is that my neighborhood people go all out for trick or treating. Other families drive in from other neighborhoods, there are people roasting marshmallows while they hand out candy, moving displaces, audio displaces, whole houses decorated in lights, the works. Last year I just carried Laila around a bit to look at the lights, since she loved all the decorations. This year she's gotten heavily into spooky season, though--among other things, whenever we were out for walks she'd always be pointing out the spiderwebs and the skeletons. At least one time:
We walked around for a bit through the crowds (crowds!) and when we'd get to houses, I'd put Laila down and tell her to go say trick or treat. After a couple houses, when she realized that oh, they're giving me candy, she got much more excited about it and then we had to make sure to tell her no, only take one or two pieces, not an entire handful. By the end, after we'd gone a couple blocks and were working our way back home, the crowds had cleared out and Laila had fully understood exactly how Hallowe'en worked, so when we passed one of the remaining homes where people were still outside and we made to just walk on by, she'd point and say, "Wait! Trick or treat?"
This morning she grabbed her costume and ran to the door and said "Trick or treat? Okay?" and I had to sadly tell her that it's only one night a year.
One thing that's a very nice bonus about living where I do, but which I absolutely did not realize before I moved there, is that my neighborhood people go all out for trick or treating. Other families drive in from other neighborhoods, there are people roasting marshmallows while they hand out candy, moving displaces, audio displaces, whole houses decorated in lights, the works. Last year I just carried Laila around a bit to look at the lights, since she loved all the decorations. This year she's gotten heavily into spooky season, though--among other things, whenever we were out for walks she'd always be pointing out the spiderwebs and the skeletons. At least one time:
Laila: "Look at skeleton!"...so she's all in for autumn vibes. We thought later that we should have dressed her as a skeleton, she would have loved it, but she went as Bluey.
*we get closer and she takes a better look*
Laila: "Hug skeleton?"
*I put her down and she steps in close*
Laila: "Huuuuug."
We walked around for a bit through the crowds (crowds!) and when we'd get to houses, I'd put Laila down and tell her to go say trick or treat. After a couple houses, when she realized that oh, they're giving me candy, she got much more excited about it and then we had to make sure to tell her no, only take one or two pieces, not an entire handful. By the end, after we'd gone a couple blocks and were working our way back home, the crowds had cleared out and Laila had fully understood exactly how Hallowe'en worked, so when we passed one of the remaining homes where people were still outside and we made to just walk on by, she'd point and say, "Wait! Trick or treat?"
This morning she grabbed her costume and ran to the door and said "Trick or treat? Okay?" and I had to sadly tell her that it's only one night a year.
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