Sophia took a late nap on Halloween, so she was still sleeping when Kurtie came home early. She woke up at four and we promptly fed and changed her and placed her in the Lobster costume. Not fully awake yet we took her to the neighbor’s house to show off her costume. She got a box of animal crackers. Then we took her to my pregnant friend’s house. She wasn’t home. I dumped more baby stuff off on her hubby. Sophia was still either in a sleepy like daze or she just woke up on the wrong side of the crib because when we arrived at our final kiddie trick-or-treat party she was not happy. Though we don’t visit often she had been to this friends’ house before, so the faces were familiar though some of them were wearing a lot more hair than usual (think 60’s hippy costume with a fro-wig on a normally follicly challenged though not totally bald person). Sophia clung to me for about an hour, crying every time I tried to put her down, until I finally removed the baby growth from my hip by putting her in her alternate Little Devil costume (red toddler sweat suit with attached horns and tail) and played with her in their toy area. She played with our friends’ four year-old son and cheered right up in the quieter area without the creepy adults. She also showed our hostess how well she can toddle across a room now.

Around seven we went trick-or-treating in the cul-de-sac and then piled into our own cars with all the proper car seats to a very little kid-friendly Halloween enthusiastic neighborhood. These people really go all out. Many had their garage doors open with a huge Halloween set up or sat on their porch or steps to hand out candy. Cop cars rolled through with their lights on handing out glowing bracelets and treats. After a couple houses, Sophia seemed to get the idea and would point to the porch of the next house as we approached. She never did take her own candy out of the bowls but she seemed to like this game.

We didn’t get any pictures that night so we took these on Sunday:

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