Trick-or-Treating

Halloween was so much fun this year. I suppose someday it won't be so exciting, but right now it is such a joy to experience it through Avery's eyes.

This is the second year we went trick-or-treating and she really got into it. She loved being dressed up, and of course loved watching her pumpkin fill up with candy. I think my favorite part was ... hmmm, how should I say it?... how emphatically she used her manners. She always made sure to say thank you.

Once or twice she got to the end of the driveway, turned around to Ben or me, and said, "I forgot to say thank you!" Then she ran back up to the homeowner, who of course was busy giving out candy to other kids, interrupted them, and yelled, "Thank you!!!" At one home, when she tried to thank them for her candy, they didn't hear her. So she stood there, determined, and repeatedly thanked them, with her voice getting louder and louder to the point of yelling, until they finally acknowledged her. Satisfied, she announced to us, "Mommy, Daddy, I said thank you!"

Ella seemed to enjoy her first Halloween. She loves being outside, so she chilled out in the stroller and was content to just watch the older kids. She looked adorable in her little mini-tutu!