Monday, November 3, 2008

Happy Halloween!

Saturday was Buchanan's big Halloween/Trick-or-Treat day. After nap time, we ran out to the Riverwalk for Trick-or-Trail. I had never been so I'm walking down this path wondering where all the candy is with Eleanor asking the same. Turns out we were a little too late. But it was a pretty walk anyhow.

I asked Eleanor to put her arms down and tried to get Carolyn not to eat the leaves. You know, looking for that perfect Halloween picture...

All I ended up doing was boring Eleanor and Carolyn kept eating leaves.
So we left the trail and got ready for the real Trick-or-Treat!
Carolyn all set to get some candy. The girl was a trooper, skipping her nap to join in the fun!


As we made our way down to the Police Station, Eleanor shouted "That's my favorite dog!" So we had to get a picture with him.

Eleanor running to the next house!


Eleanor was great. She picked it up quick last year at 1.5, so now that she's 2.5, she's an old pro. And many of the people handing out candy just loved how polite she was. She'd go to each house and say, "Trick or treat", get her candy, then say "thank you!" She doesn't always use her manners, but we're working on it. She made up proud that night!

The biggest blow-up ever! If you look down on the ground, you can see my tiny ladybug and ity-bity chicken.

After an hour of running to the houses, we headed home to hand out our candy. Eleanor handed out all the candy herself and absolutely loved it! I think she thought she was pretty special with all the kids coming up to HER saying trick or treat.
And I know she was by far the smallest (and cutest) candy passer-outer :)

When all the candy was gone, we went inside to check out Eleanor's loot. Carolyn really wanted to check it out!

Biter Biscuits

Now that Carolyn is getting so big, 7 months old now, we've been experimenting a little with her food. Nothing crazy, but she did get her first biter biscuit the other day. I set her in her highchair, put on her bib, handed her one, and thought "this'll keep her busy while I unload the dishwasher".

Boy, did it ever. Just 1.5 minutes later she had it everywhere. Tip to parents, don't give your baby biter biscuits unless you plan on giving them a bath afterwards!