violet may have turned three, but kevin and i limited her to two halloween costumes.
she wore this cat jumper to school last year too, as we were reluctant to send her in the "real" costume for fear that it would come home soaked with paint or pee. here she is with her friend maile
who is exactly one year older and a confirmed only child, which means her mom gives me bags of awesome hand-me-downs, including the cat jumper. "it outgrew me," maile explained to violet.
violet insisted for weeks that she would be a jaguar again, and since the costume still fit and i'm cheap, i was like, great! but then two days before halloween, maile gave violet her old cinderella gown and light-up "glass" slippers, so violet decided she wanted to wear that instead. she also changed her mind about what piece of candy she wanted before trick or treating -- she said milky way but then went with a reese's (i acted nonpartisan, but i approve) -- but she stayed true to her post-trick or treating choice, a kit kat.
as was the case last year, she was super hyped about trick or treating. last year after every house, she would say, "i want to go to the next house!" this year after every house, she would say, "i want to go to 20 more houses!" on the child development chart, i can checkmark her understanding of more = better.
the funny thing is she doesn't really like candy, but she thinks she loves it. her face lights up at the mere mention. she grabs candy bars off the shelf at the store. but when she has an actual piece in her hand, she kind of licks or nibbles a corner for awhile until it starts to melt, at which point she says she's done: "it got too yucky." she does love to play with her candy haul though. she's been doing this
everyday since halloween. also here she is, as is our tradition, watching it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown after trick or treating.
who is exactly one year older and a confirmed only child, which means her mom gives me bags of awesome hand-me-downs, including the cat jumper. "it outgrew me," maile explained to violet.
violet insisted for weeks that she would be a jaguar again, and since the costume still fit and i'm cheap, i was like, great! but then two days before halloween, maile gave violet her old cinderella gown and light-up "glass" slippers, so violet decided she wanted to wear that instead. she also changed her mind about what piece of candy she wanted before trick or treating -- she said milky way but then went with a reese's (i acted nonpartisan, but i approve) -- but she stayed true to her post-trick or treating choice, a kit kat.
as was the case last year, she was super hyped about trick or treating. last year after every house, she would say, "i want to go to the next house!" this year after every house, she would say, "i want to go to 20 more houses!" on the child development chart, i can checkmark her understanding of more = better.
the funny thing is she doesn't really like candy, but she thinks she loves it. her face lights up at the mere mention. she grabs candy bars off the shelf at the store. but when she has an actual piece in her hand, she kind of licks or nibbles a corner for awhile until it starts to melt, at which point she says she's done: "it got too yucky." she does love to play with her candy haul though. she's been doing this
everyday since halloween. also here she is, as is our tradition, watching it's the great pumpkin, charlie brown after trick or treating.
as is my usual, i have a bunch of photos and updates that i want to post, but i thought i'd quickly get the halloween photos up before the starbucks cups turn red. or am i too late already? ah shit, you know i know i'm too late, and i love it, grinches!
clearly too late as the red cups are out, baby!! but adorable pics as usual. who would choose milky way over a reeses?!
ReplyDeleteShe is absolutely adorable, Stacey! I love her costumes - but that last photo is the cutest! A girl after my own heart. Trick or treating and candy is fun, but nothing beats watching a favorite movie with the family.
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