Halloween Parties and Trick or Treating

What a pretty princess. We decided to call her an Asian Princess in her lovely kimono that M brought back for her from Tokyo. We gave her a little face makeup, some chopsticks for her hair and she was set.

First, on Saturday afternoon we attended a neighborhood party at the club house. There C got to decorate cookies, make a necklace and a bracelet, play with Play-Doh, color and eat lots of treats. We saw a few folks that we have met along our walks and playground outings. It was fun to see all the kids in their costumes and mingle a bit. We only stayed 45 minutes or so because the event time frame was right smack in the middle of nap time. But it was plenty of time for a 2-year old to party.

Sunday was Halloween and the night for trick-or-treating. M and I took our Asian Princess around to about five houses and then joined our neighbors at the bottom of our driveway to hand out treats. They set up a fire pit and we all sat around chatting while the treat-seekers came around our cul-de-sac. M and I dressed as Boston Red Sox fans since we didn't plan on any other kind of costumes at all.

We were originally told to expect over 300 kids...but all in all we got about half of that. We were prepared with so much candy that we ended up handing out three or four pieces to each kid toward the end of the evening.