We had a lot of fun with Halloween this year. The girls were so excited about trick or treating and all the candy they (thought they) were going to get (because Mommy ate most of it). We started the day off with the movie The Halloween Tree and then carved pumpkins. Actually I carved the pumpkins because Sophie wasn't the least bit interested. Hannah was semi-interested but really just wanted to play with the pumpkin seeds. They did help carve the last pumpkin.
Mom Mom and Pop Pop came over and after a nice dinner, we all went trick or treating. At first Sophie and Hannah were very shy. They wanted to hold our hand all they way up to the door and we had to remind them what to say. Still they were very quiet and needed lots of encouraging. But they soon got the hang of it. At one point they were knocking on doors and if say someone didn't open up right away, Sophie would put her face up to the door and shout "Helloooooo!"
Some of the decorations were a little scary and whenever we came across one, Sophie would put her hands up to her face like claws and growl at it. It was hilarious. But it wasn't until I posted this picture that I realized Sophie was making this exact same noise and the exact same pose. The fact that she was imitating him makes it even better!
There was one house with a motion activated scarecrow hanging by the door. When Hannah walked to the door it started moving and making noise and Hannah literally jumped into Craig's arms. It was a good thing he was right behind her! They are still talking about that scarecrow.
After trick or treating, we went through the girl's candy and took out what they couldn't eat (Smarties, Peanut M&Ms, etc.) We put those back into the our candy bowl to hand out to trick or treaters. Of course Sophie and Hannah had just as much fun handing out candy as they did trick or treating. Except at one point Sophie wouldn't give one of the kids the candy she had picked out (Smarties.) I said, "Sophie go ahead and give her the candy." But she didn't want to. She looked at me and said, "Mommy, it's too hard." I had to tell her that the girl was older and it was okay for her to eat Smarties.
Ariel and Ariel
Or Team Ariel as I like to call them.
Not quite as shy. Daddy is allowed to stand a few feet behind them instead of holding their hands.
Do you see the scarecrow to the left. That's the one that scared Hannah right into Craig's arms. I wish I had thought to take a better picture of him. Clearly it didn't stop them from knocking on the door and asking for candy!
3 comments:
Fabulous pictures and story. The girls look so beautiful! Did you curl Sophie's hair? Thanks for the great pictures.
No Sophie's hair is starting to curl at the ends. But not as curly as Hannah's.
Looks like they had a fun night.
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