Happy Halloween!
Mika had a bit more of a clue about Halloween this year. She knew that she was going to put on a costume and get candy from her neighbors anyway. Candy is a fairly new thing to her and is held in the highest regard, even though the kid can only make it about halfway through any piece, whether its a lollypop ("it's not a sucker, its a lollypop!") or mini chocolate bar.
We went to Lucas and Jackson's halloween party last weekend - they had a really kewl bug lady come out with her critters. There were cat and bat cakes to decorate, spider and pumpkin crafts, and probably other things that I have already forgotten. Mika and Declan both had a blast. The kids playroom in the basement is massive - I don't think Declan has ever had that much space to crawl around in. The boys have their own bouncy castle and there's nothing Mika loves more than that thing - er, except having a whole pile of 'friends' to jump with. She's still all about every kid and kind-faced adult being her 'friend'.
I decorated paper bags full of treats for the kids, but Mika managed not to notice them all day and I wasn't about to bring a bag of sugar to her attention. Snooze and lose. I gave it to her after supper when the lure of trick or treating was stronger than the lure of the treat bags. We designed our jack o'lanterns this morning before naptime and carved when Mika got up. Except that she decided not to participate in the pumpkin fun because "it's too ooey gooey". She ran back and forth between the kitchen carving centre (newspaper on the floor) and the living room exclaiming each time she saw me "Look how dirty your hands are! Ahhhhhh!" Declan was TOO into the pumpkin carving fun and had to be confined to his exersaucer and just watch. After supper, Mika and I went out trick or treating for almost an hour. A lot of that time was spent checking out the decked out neighborhood and chatting. Mika's the chatty nosey type of neighbor - looking around people's houses and asking them questions ("What's the puppy's name? Is it a boy? What's the baby's name? Is your art for everyone? (because she claimed ownership of the pictures on our bathroom wall and I unsuccessfully tried to explain that the stuff on the walls belongs to everyone - its for everyone to enjoy - she didn't get it and now apparently asks people about their art)). She loved when it happened that other kids were at the same door at the same time that she was.
Mika yelled trick or treat at the top of her lungs at each house - said thank you and happy halloween to everyone - minded herself when offered a giant bowl of candy and told to take only one or two - even told one of the neighbors that she only needed one, not two thanks - was overwhelmed when presented with a box of 'giant' (regular size) bars and told to pick one - i eventually had to tell the guy to just pick one for her - her favorite thing was getting to pick out a pop from this big wooden sarcophagus - she chose grape - when told she could have only one item tonight, she picked the grape pop - and shared it equally with Daddy and me - we caved and let her have some chips too - she didn't like the chips anyway and didn't eat them - she settled for two skittles - two individual skittles, not packs - oh yeah, she was a purple dragon with yellow dorsal spines - her cheeks were painted red because your cheeks get red hot when you breathe fire, you know - she's small enough that we could fit size 2 one-piece PJ's over top of her leggings, fleece pants, ls tshirt, and fleece jacket.
Declan was dressed up as winnie the pooh today because he would have broiled in his turtle suit. He was only dressed up for Mika's amusement anyway - he stayed home tonight. He wore the turtle suit to his cousins' halloween party last weekend.
Mika delighted in giving away candy at the door. She greeted each kid with "hi friend, want some candy?" as she dropped treats into the bag, she said "here you go, two for you, etc." very cute. tired. sleep now.
We went to Lucas and Jackson's halloween party last weekend - they had a really kewl bug lady come out with her critters. There were cat and bat cakes to decorate, spider and pumpkin crafts, and probably other things that I have already forgotten. Mika and Declan both had a blast. The kids playroom in the basement is massive - I don't think Declan has ever had that much space to crawl around in. The boys have their own bouncy castle and there's nothing Mika loves more than that thing - er, except having a whole pile of 'friends' to jump with. She's still all about every kid and kind-faced adult being her 'friend'.
I decorated paper bags full of treats for the kids, but Mika managed not to notice them all day and I wasn't about to bring a bag of sugar to her attention. Snooze and lose. I gave it to her after supper when the lure of trick or treating was stronger than the lure of the treat bags. We designed our jack o'lanterns this morning before naptime and carved when Mika got up. Except that she decided not to participate in the pumpkin fun because "it's too ooey gooey". She ran back and forth between the kitchen carving centre (newspaper on the floor) and the living room exclaiming each time she saw me "Look how dirty your hands are! Ahhhhhh!" Declan was TOO into the pumpkin carving fun and had to be confined to his exersaucer and just watch. After supper, Mika and I went out trick or treating for almost an hour. A lot of that time was spent checking out the decked out neighborhood and chatting. Mika's the chatty nosey type of neighbor - looking around people's houses and asking them questions ("What's the puppy's name? Is it a boy? What's the baby's name? Is your art for everyone? (because she claimed ownership of the pictures on our bathroom wall and I unsuccessfully tried to explain that the stuff on the walls belongs to everyone - its for everyone to enjoy - she didn't get it and now apparently asks people about their art)). She loved when it happened that other kids were at the same door at the same time that she was.
Mika yelled trick or treat at the top of her lungs at each house - said thank you and happy halloween to everyone - minded herself when offered a giant bowl of candy and told to take only one or two - even told one of the neighbors that she only needed one, not two thanks - was overwhelmed when presented with a box of 'giant' (regular size) bars and told to pick one - i eventually had to tell the guy to just pick one for her - her favorite thing was getting to pick out a pop from this big wooden sarcophagus - she chose grape - when told she could have only one item tonight, she picked the grape pop - and shared it equally with Daddy and me - we caved and let her have some chips too - she didn't like the chips anyway and didn't eat them - she settled for two skittles - two individual skittles, not packs - oh yeah, she was a purple dragon with yellow dorsal spines - her cheeks were painted red because your cheeks get red hot when you breathe fire, you know - she's small enough that we could fit size 2 one-piece PJ's over top of her leggings, fleece pants, ls tshirt, and fleece jacket.
Declan was dressed up as winnie the pooh today because he would have broiled in his turtle suit. He was only dressed up for Mika's amusement anyway - he stayed home tonight. He wore the turtle suit to his cousins' halloween party last weekend.
Mika delighted in giving away candy at the door. She greeted each kid with "hi friend, want some candy?" as she dropped treats into the bag, she said "here you go, two for you, etc." very cute. tired. sleep now.
posted by Mama_T at 10:05 PM
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Halloween is a lot of work but also a lot of fun. Mika is quite the character.
Bugly Bright (aka Vanessa) is a member of my AP group and one of my facebook friends!
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