Halloween - October 2016

In 2016, we had a pretty fun Halloween. C was a pretty established toddler by this point, so he went to his first few houses to trick-or-treat. A had a pretty great friend group, so she was excited to see several of them while out and about.

A - age 6 - Hermione Granger (we had been reading the first Harry Potter book, and she greatly identified with the smart girl with curly hair)

C - age 2 - a shark (but not Baby Shark)

Most of these photos are not edited great; they are better than some of the ones I did not pick, however. I was pretty new still to digital photography, so keep that in mind.

The pacifier (which he called a "nee-nee") was not our favorite, but it was the only way he would ever nap even a little. (He had just awoken here.) Something like 80% of parenting is knowing how to pick your battles.

Most of these photos are not edited very well - I was pretty early days with my good camera. But A glowed here, even with bad editing on my part.

One of my favorite things about this shark costume is that I have a photo of him wearing it probably 2 years later (the boy is tiny), lying on the ground throwing a tantrum while rolling around in a shark costume. I did not not laugh.

La princessa

One might think that C was leisurely lounging in the leaves. ...He was not. He was doing somersaults in a shark costume, and occasionally putting leaves and acorns in his mouth.

I love A's stance here. The wand is a party favor from her HP birthday party the previous summer - I'd created hot glue designs on chopsticks, painted them, and then covered in some shellac stuff.

Two housekeeping notes: 1. We had a BILLION mature trees in our neighborhood, and raking sucked so bad. 2. C has always been slightly feral, and it's a blast.

A was the best big sister. This makes my heart so full!

C's very first trick-or-treat house