Halloween Goings On

I decided Autumn would be a butterfly for Halloween when I saw this costume in a catalog. It was the perfect outfit for her. I figure this is the last year for me to do this as I am sure she'll have her own opinions at a few months before turning 4 years old. I also didn't let her see it until just before she tried it on to go to a Halloween to-do at a bookstore. This made the pictures that follow even better because they were her first reactions to seeing herself this way (she has never really played dress up at this point).








Oct 2010 - First Butterfly Sighting from Deb on Vimeo.


Oct 2010 - Halloween Costume from Deb on Vimeo.



Autumn and I drove up to see Gram and Grandpa the weekend of Halloween.  We drove back early on Sunday afternoon so we could carve pumpkins and Trick or Treat.







Autumn's pumpkin



My pumpkin



Richard's pumpkin



All ready to go!







She'd say, "Trick or treating!" at the door.





She was so sweet because she wanted to give the trick or treaters at our door some of her candy.



Oct 2010 - Candy! from Deb on Vimeo.



Here she holding hands with the lobster that came along trick or treating with us.  Her imaginary animals were changing around this time.  The lobster would appear, Gings and Gongs, chickens.


Oct 2010 - Halloween Lobster from Deb on Vimeo.

Pumpkin Patch

We went back to the same church pumpkin patch we've been to for the past two years.  We decided to skip the big pumpkin patch farm outing because last year's visit wasn't that fun.  She had a great time at this one though.


Oct 2010 - Dancing with Pumpkins from Deb on Vimeo.












Same Pumpkin Patch 2008

Same Pumpkin Patch 2009

Halloween

This was Autumn's first time trick-or-treating! I didn't know how she would do, if she would grasp the concept, but she did really well! We only went to about 10 houses in our cul-de-sac. But she held her pumpkin container and said, "Trick-or-treat!" and "tanks!" It was a lot of fun for Richard and I to take her out for her first participation in Halloween! She was a candy corn again because the dress still fit!

October - Trick or Treat! from Deb on Vimeo.

October - Lollipops! from Deb on Vimeo.

October - Pumpkins from Deb on Vimeo.

Another Pumpkin Patch

We went back to the same church we got our pumpkins last year to get this years pumpkins. She was much better behaved at this patch then at the other one. More in control, less running around, more listening to us.

October - Pumpkin Patch from Deb on Vimeo.