Halloween

We were pretty excited about Halloween this year because Aubrey was starting to catch on to the idea of what Halloween is. Halloween started with our trip to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago. Following that trip, we put the pumpkins on the counter until we could carve/decorate them. Every time Aubrey would see the pumpkin she would ask us when we could decorate them. So when the time came for us to get them down and get to work, she was ecstatic.

She wasn't so sure about Todd pulling out the pumpkin guts, but watched him intently.

She loved coloring on her pumpkin.



The final products


On Sunday was started making Halloween cookies and Aubrey loved helping to cut them out.


She was so excited to put her costume on and go outside.


The excitement stopped when she got the first door and her shyness took over. This was as close the first door as she would get. And forget about saying trick-or-treat. So glad our neighbor was understanding.


Then we met up with our next door neighbor's daughter who showed Aubrey how its done.


By the next house, Aubrey was running to hit the doorbell.


After she finished trick-o-treating, she hung out with me and helped with handing out candy. I really believe she enjoyed that more than anything.

So, I will say I have a renewed love of Halloween. Its so much more fun with a toddler who understands it a little bit and gets so excited.