Hazel (ladybug) and Violet (bee) trick-or-treating last year:
I thought we could just let Halloween pass by this year and it wouldn't matter. But in the end I couldn't resist. We had to go out to get milk anyway. I had gotten Hazel a costume anyway. We all like candy anyway.
Ginger had a costume, too - the same one Hazel wore two years ago. It was super cute and she wore it to the church Halloween party last weekend, but for trick-or-treating I just bundled her up in regular clothes for her ride in the stroller.
Ginger in 2007 (left) and Hazel in 2005 (right):
Hazel was Little Red Riding Hood this year. We walked out of our building about 5pm tonight and before we'd even gotten to the corner, before we'd knocked on one door, a sweet old lady walking by stopped us and, nearly in tears at how cute Hazel was, made us wait while she rummaged in her bags for her wallet and put $1 in Hazel's basket.
We made our way up four blocks to 3rd Avenue where the shops are, stopping at houses with decorations or lights on and collecting quite a load of sugar along the way. Hazel climbed into the stroller while we ducked into the grocery store, and when we came out I saw that groups of kids & parents were stopping in at the shops, trick-or-treating. So we joined in, getting a treat at each little place that we walk by every day. I thought it was a rather unique and enjoyable way to trick-or-treat with the community.At the nail salon:
And at the Italian bakery. They handed out paper-wrapped cookies. After that Hazel just wanted to get in the stroller and eat her cookie, so that was the sweet end of trick-or-treating this year.
After dinner I let Hazel choose one candy out of her basket, and being a smart girl and my daughter, she chose a Hershey bar with almonds. Ah, Halloween. How did you spend it?
5 comments:
Your girls are so cute! I think Halloween is so fun! Now that Halloween is over I can't wait till Christmas!!
Your girls are beautiful. I am not surprised that lady stopped you. I love the pictures of them in the same costume. Reed wore the costume that Zoey was in 2 years ago, but their pictures side by side don't have the same effect.
I love the Red Riding Hood- very cute! Sonja was a monarch butterfly- a great cape that we inherited from some friends- Laurel wanted to be exactly what she was last year- a fairy princess, same hoop dress- and Torin didn't get much of a choice. He wore Laurel's old size 12 months piglet costume, and was SOO cute. He wouldn't smile for any of the pictures, but he was adorable anyway. Maybe I'll post them on my blog....
brooklyn = super charming
The Halloween costumes rock. LOVE little red. I need to dress up Alex in the lobster just to compare my two little wild ones.
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