Trick-or-Treating

This year was the first year Jocelyn was truly excited about trick-or-treating. I think most of the excitement came with knowing she was going to get some candy. Dressing up was okay, but the candy was the big thing!

Jocelyn picked her own costume this year! She was looking through a Halloween magazine and I asked her what she wanted to dress up as. She went back and forth between a M&M and a crayon. In the end, the crayon won out. I was worried that by the time trick-or-treating came along, Jocelyn would be sick of wearing her costume. She had a lot of Halloween activities in the week leading up to the actual holiday. She went trick-or-treating where she has speech therapy, at PALS and at a local shopping center. She also wore her costume to the library Halloween party. To make the actual day of Halloween a little different, I decided to paint her cheeks purple for a little extra fun. I think she made a pretty cute crayon!

Reagan celebrated her first Halloween as a Lady Bug. I was a little annoyed that some people still wondered if she was a boy or a girl while she was wearing her costume. I guess people just get nervous about saying the wrong thing, but would someone really dress their little boy up as a ladybug for Halloween? I doubt it, but I guess it is possible.
She was mostly annoyed with her costume, but I thought she looked cute! The pictures don't give the cuteness any justice. It's hard to get a good Halloween picture of an infant who can't sit up yet! Reagan left me a little treat after trick-or-treating: When we got home and started stripping her of her costume, she had one of her normal explosions in her diaper. Daddy got her ready and forgot to put one of her bigger diapers on!

Here's a picture of the girls together. I guess I'm not one of those parents who wants her children's costumes' to coordinate. Not this year anyway. :)

Jocelyn is finally on her way to trick-or-treat. It was really cold, so we had to add her coat under the costume. Grandma and Aunt Di came over to celebrate with Jocelyn and Reagan. Her bucket was filled at least 3 times over. Jocelyn was so cute. She said trick-or-treat at every house, and then thank you!

This one is dark, but you may be able to make out that Jocelyn would not allow anyone to place the treat into her bucket, she took each and every one from the giver's hand and put it in herself!

It was a fun day and a fun week of activities! Next up, Reagan's baptism!