TWO halloweens?

what could be better from a kid's perspective, right? first we had our town's Halloween parade, which was held the friday before the big day. Arwyn had just started to come down with a nasty bug (oh, it got much worse...thankfully she is finally coming around now) but she was still pretty excited. basically, the town children all got dressed up in their costumes and took part in a short parade with their parents through the center of town. where the parade ended there was lots of excitement, music, and treats from the local businesses. Arwyn definitely enjoyed herself and we think looked super cute in her pink kitty cat costume. we had hoped to stay out with Lorri's parents in town a little longer but Arwyn was pretty tired after the parade.





















by the time Halloween rolled around Arwyn still wasn't sleeping well (stomach bug = frequent waking for all) but she perked up when it came to wearing her costume & getting outside a little. here's a cute picture of her and her mommy after getting ready to head out for trick or treating :)





















not surprisingly, Arwyn got the hang of the routine very quickly - or almost, i should say. she didn't quite grasp that she should wait for someone to answer the door and instead would say "trick or treat" right after knocking. one thing she did get was that you got treats at every house! i think we may have a little chocolate fiend on our hands, it seems. we did the tour of our little neighborhood and then called it a night. we felt bad the next day because Arwyn wanted to go out and do it all again (she kept saying "treats" and was knocking on our door) but didn't quite grasp our explanation that Halloween was over until next year. thankfully she seems to have moved on from that now!