Halloween

Dave says: Last year, Skye wasn't old enough to really appreciate Halloween (despite a really cute tiger costume). This year, Halloween suddenly became exciting. We went to a Halloween party the weekend before that was a lot of fun and she got to wear her puppy costume around and play some games. Surprisingly, the haunted house seemed to be her favorite part. She went through it three times and then kept wanting to wander back in.

She also had a lot of fun wandering around the neighborhood on Halloween. She had a bucket shaped like a pumpkin and it wasn't long before she figured out what she was supposed to do. She would walk up to a door and bang on it while saying "snack, snack." Because there aren't a ton of kids in the neighborhood, everyone was excited to see her and she got a lot of candy. Our nearby neighbors gave her a glow stick with a butterfly on it which was a big hit (she really likes butterflies right now). It was also a lot of fun for mom and dad who got to go around with her and see her growing up a bit. At first, we thought we would just do a street or two but she (and I) was having so much fun that we kept going and going. Eventually, Alisha had to carry her pumpkin basket because it was so heavy with candy.