Halloween- A Witch and a Tiger

Dave says: The kids had a lot of fun on Halloween this year. Skye got a witch costume from her cousin Allie to wear around. Jade got the famous tiger costume as a hand-me-down. Skye is old enough and extroverted enough that it was a lot of fun for her to go up to houses and say "Happy Halloween" in a very loud voice when people opened the door. In our neighborhood there are just a few little kids and so everyone was giving them lots of extra candy. Skye had a glow stick wand and her bucket with the light up handle. When her bucket got too full, I dumped it into the bottom of the wagon so that it wouldn't be too heavy to carry and then gave it back to her. Jade rode in the wagon and was very content to sit there and bite on candy that was still in the wrapper.

In the days leading up to Halloween, there was one house in our neighborhood that went all out with lots of decorations that were on motion sensors. Fortunately, the first few times we went by were during the day so Skye could walk around without getting scared. Then, we went at night and coffins were opening and things were popping out of boxes. However, Skye liked all these decorations so much that she never really got scared of them. She even walked right through all of them on Halloween night. At the end, Skye poured out a huge bucket of treats on the floor. We put them in a jar and have been eating them on special occasions. Her favorites right now are suckers, tootsie rolls, and Three Musketeers.