Halloween 2011

This Halloween we got some pumpkins to carve. Bella was so excited to get started....until we made the first cut into the pumpkin. She immediately started yelling "No! I'm too scared! I'm nervous!" (She always claims she's nervous lately) After trying to convince her that she wasn't really scared, she decided to go to her bedroom to wait it out. About every 5 minutes she would slowly sneak back into the kitchen to check on things. She'd get too close and get scared of the pumpkins again. What a goof! Everything about it was scary to her.

When the pumpkins were done, we got her to take a picture with them and even touch them. Once they were outside on the front steps and lit, she was scared again. Whenever we'd come home from somewhere she would see them on the front porch. She'd ask to go see the pumpkins. As soon as we got about 2 feet away she'd start yelling "I'm scared!" Every single time - the same reaction.

Bella was so excited to dress up for Halloween this year. Last year she was still to little to really understand what was going on, so it was fun dressing up this year. When she got her costume on she flapped her arms and ran around saying, "I can fly! Like a bird!"

And here's my sweet little pea pod. He didn't know what was going on and spit up on his costume within the first half hour of wearing it. But he was so cute for the small amount of time that the costume lasted!

We were in Medford for the weekend and we went to the church's Fall Festival. They do trunk-or-treating at the end of the night. That was Bella's first experience trick-or-treating. Of course she loved it. What's not to love about getting a bag full of candy. As soon as she was finished going to the different trunks, she crawled into the back of our van and secretly opened the biggest sucker she had. She sat there indulging in it the rest of the time.

Bella, Hannah, and Chloe after trunk-or-treating.

On Halloween Day we took Bella trick-or-treating around our neighborhood. We bundled up Drew and put both kids in the stroller. This kind of trick-or-treating was new for me too. I have never walked door to door before. Growing up we always went with my Aunt Julie and cousins. We'd all pile into her vehicle and she would drive us around the country to what felt like everyone she knew. Definitely a fun way to trick-or-treat! Anways...Bella loved going door to door, and she was so polite to everyone. It'll be even more fun when Drew can join her.