I hope you had a Happy Halloween. We did! And it was busy.
In the afternoon, I went to Skylar’s school for their Halloween party and mingled with the other parents and kids.
It was so much fun seeing all the kiddos decked out in their costumes.
And then it was off to the local Mall for Trick or Treating which is what we did last year.
Our neighborhood is urban and although there are some single-family homes, there are lots of apartments, condos, and high rise buildings which aren’t conducive to running up driveways and ringing doorbells for trick-or-treating like I grew up with.
The stores at the mall pass out candy and for us it’s the perfect solution.
I like that it’s in broad daylight, it’s safe, the kids can go from store to store very quickly and without any long driveways to run up, and before you know it, your pumpkin…
…or your Princess Bag is filled.
Sees passed out gold coin candies to the kids. Nothing super fancy.
But gave the parents each one of these. Cha-ching!
I love, love, love Sees Candy. It’s the best. And this free dark chocolate toffee made me do a happy mommy dance.
Skylar had a great time and she’s enjoyed a few pieces of candy.
But she seemed to love the thrill of the hunt and obtaining the candy just as much as she enjoyed actually eating it. Running up to people and saying “TRICK OR TREAT, PLEASE!” seemed to be more than half the fun.
We came home and ate kale and broccoli salad for dinner. It all balances out.
After she’s done with her candy, the leftovers and rejects will make a starring role appearance in Scott’s lunchbox. That’s what dad’s are for: taking the leftovers. He won’t complain, I’m sure.
She loved being in her Princess costume and it was fun to see how much she’s grown from being a Princess in 2009 and in 2010.
When I asked her last month what she wanted to be, she immediately said, “A PRINCESS!”, as if there was any other thing to be other than that. Duh.
I wonder if she’ll want to be a Princess again next year?
I wouldn’t be surprised.
I loved this day. This is what being a mom is all about for me. Watching my little Princess have a ball. I may have shed a few happy tears today.
Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s time for a homemade Butterfinger. Scott and Skylar can have the store bought candy if they want. I’ll take one of these since there’s no more Sees around.
Use your leftover candy corn to make these in the microwave. Easy. A little too easy.
Questions:
1. What did you do for Halloween today?
2.Did you get many trick-or-treaters in your neighborhood?
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She looks adorable-and so old! She is growing up so fast! An she probably will be a princess again next year. When I was around her age, I think I was a princess for Halloween for five years in a row!
And no! We didn’t get trick-or-treaters! It makes me sad. I’m used to living in a neighborhood full of kids and trick-or-treaters.
Don’t all girls just want to be princesses? I know I do. Skylar looks beautiful and it looks like she had an incredible time!
We had about 70 trick or treaters at our house, and many of them were SO cute. I handed out candy and also drew jack o’lantern faces on clementines with a sharpie and offered those…the kids loved them (I’m sure just because they were cute, not because they were thrilled about getting oranges…but I gave them candy too, so it’s not like I was ruining the fun!). The tiny kids especially got excited about the little pumpkins and 3 of them didn’t even take candy. I ran out of oranges….and then I ran out of candy right when the little kids were all gone and it was just the big kids (trouble-makers!) left.
So glad Skylar had fun! Going to the mall is a great idea!
What a perfect princess Miss Skylar is! She’d be a beautiful Cinderella!
It looks like you guys had a wonderful Halloween! I had class so I didn’t go out, but our Improv teacher brought in a bucket of candy and did a lecture on the tradition of storytelling before we did some Halloween-related Improv exercises. I consumed more candy in that class than I have in the past two years combined!
So cute! I ended up staying at home and passing out candy! It’s fun to check out all the neat costumes!
She is way too adorable. Halloween isn’t doing it for me right now, but I’m sure that will change when I have kids!
Gosh Averie! I have to say these are the best halloween pics of her I have seen! She looks so pretty! The photos are just so much better! LOVE!
I think its awesome you let he have some candy, I think its so important to let kids enjoy special things like that, here and there, and its all about balance!
So glad she had a great halloween! I think the mall idea is great too! They do that around here as well, my mom and I were talking about that last night, its a great idea!
xoxo <3
love the photos! and yes, you will know things are a-changing the year the princess costume is not the #1 choice!
that is a really neat idea about going to the mall for trick-or-treating. and i so agree: when i was little it was the thrill of trick-or-treating that was the big excitement – the candy/chocolate was just an added bonus.
we had a nice mild evening here this year so i bet there were lots of kids out and about. i’m in a condo so no handing out candy – boo hoo, as i love doing that – and i was working! i had treats at the store but no one came in! lotsa leftovers!
Too precious! That’s awesome that you have trick or treating in your outdoor mall. Such a great idea! We had TONS of trick or treaters and I was really surprised!
Skylar is such a sweetheart and it’s amazing to see her growing up so fast! Glad you both had such a fun Halloween! :)
Haha my dad always got the reject candy when I was growing up… and any other leftover, outdated, and otherwise “inedible” food no one else would eat. ;)
Skylar looks like she’s having such a blast!
Halloween is a bit hit and miss over here. NZ just can’t decide what to do about it. In 2009 I was not ready and got TWO well dressed up tick or treaters. Last year I DID IT, even put a pumpkin picture on our letterbox, but nobody. Yesterday, we were NOT ready for the first, but I made a mad dash to the shop for supplies and we only got two more tick or treaters all night. Now I have a house of sweets, but no candy corn because that does not exist here. Can you think of an alternative? I have nooo idea what the flavour of it is.
well there are recipes online to make your own candycorn. you can make it at home, and then microwave it into butterfingers. not sure that would be the wisest use of time, but hey, you can try :)
the flavour…hmmm…intensely sweet, sort of buttery, but really, it’s like trying to tell someone what’s an Oreo Cookie taste like. Hard to describe til you’ve had it. Sorry I am clear as mud. ha!
Ahh–I remember the pics from the last two years: she is so beautiful–as always–but she is so grown up now!
“Trick or treat, please”–I love it. Love that the parents got a See’s candy too.
I was a blonde tonight for the first time in my life–a blonde witch, to be precise! Pics tomorrow.
a blonde witch? oh….I cannot wait!!!
aww she is SO cute! Lauren and I spent our Halloween brewing up a yummy pumpkin veggie stew (wishing the whole time that we would get trick or treaters…)!
Cute pics, Skylar looks like she’s having a blast. Love her shoes. :-)
1. Just passed out candy at home.
2. Not too many and mainly little kids, so I have tons of candy left over to dump on coworkers.
so sweet! ha, love that she wanted to be a princess again. obviously, what’s better than that? ;)