Happy Halloween!

Halloween has always been an end goal of mine during this pregnancy. No matter what happened, I wanted to make it to Halloween so that Caroline could have her fun holiday and we could share it as a holiday. While it was a busy week, we made it and we had lots of fun. It rained and didn't make for the best weather for trick or treating, but all three of us went out and trick or treated! The night before Alan and Caroline carved pumpkins while I separated pumpkins seeds from the pulp. Not as fun, but I love pumpkin seeds so it was worth it! I also learned this year that Caroline loves them as well!

After school and a decent nap, Daddy got home at a good time and we hit Dock Square for the first leg of our trick or treating. It was pretty rainy and we had to dodge a lot of umbrellas. Caroline wanted to stop there, but we found out she wasn't tired, but wanted to eat her candy! We had told her no candy until we were finished so we could check labels, etc. ! She had actually said, "No thank you" to a few of the store owners so she could rush to the car! The second leg was Summer St. We met up with Officer Russel and grabbed a blue glow stick and were on our way. Caroline only made it half way before declaring she was done, again just wanting to eat her candy. We decided that it was a good stopping point anyways. We still had to visit Nana & Grampy's house and Aunt Brenda & Uncle Robert's house. After those stops we went home and checked out the loot. She was allowed to eat her most desired treat before heading up to bed. That treat? A tiny purple box of Nerds. She declared those and the cake pop Aunt Brenda gave her the best out of her loot. Granted, she still has A LOT left since we are holding her to a very strict ration. She is only three ya know :)

 Working hard on her favorite design, the bat! 

  
Our Jack-o-lanterns glowing in the rain

 Costume dress rehearsal!

Her cowboy hat and boots were perfect for the rain!

 Trick or treat Nana & Grampy!

and for nostalgia!

This was Caroline as "Olivia" last year, age 2

and 6 months, our little pink bunny!