Halloween & "Tickle Treating"

We had some fun Halloween festivities this year. We were in Brazil last year so this is technically our first Halloween with her. We've been talking to Addie about it for a month or so now- trying to help her understand it and figure out what costume to wear.

We brought home a box of costumes from my mom's house and thought we'd give those a try first. She had absolutely no interest. We finally got her to at least try on a Baby Bop (from Barney) costume for a second so we opted for that one (even though it was a little big).

We had a ward party on the 27th and she would not put on her costume (despite talking about it all day). When it came time for the trunk-or-treat, we finally got her to wear the hat because we told her she couldn't get any candy without it.

On Monday, we carved our pumpkins. Addie thought it was fun to watch but didn't like touching the slimey insides! Clay did a great job!

Clay really wanted Addie to wear a real costume on Halloween so on Tuesday night, we ventured out to see what we could find. We found a Dorothy dress and luckily, Target had some sparkly red shoes to go with it! They were a little big, but that's never stopped Addie before!

Since it was really just a "dress", we thought this would be easy to get her to wear. We were wrong! She put up a fight on Halloween morning (she just wanted to wear the shoes and socks) but we perservered and she wore the dress the whole day! We thought she was the cutest little Dorothy!

We had a busy Halloween, we started with my cousins' elementary school parade, then went trick-or-treating (Addie calls it "tickle treating") at Grandma's house and Daddy's work. After her nap we headed over to the city Haunted City Hall for more "tickle treating" and other activities with Grandpa. She loved going up and down in the "alligator" (aka elevator).

After dinner, we headed out with our neighbors to trick-or-treat around the neighborhood. We thought we'd just go to a few houses here and there and then be back home after about 30 min. Boy were we wrong! We were out for an hour and a half! That's got to be a record for an almost 2 year old! We couldn't believe it! She really got into it and had a great time. She raked in the candy- her pumpkin bucket was stuffed full.

We stopped by Gaga's house after so she could see Addie in her costume. There were tons of leaves outside and Addie loved walking in them and kicking them around.

We finally knew it was time to go home when I walked in the kitchen and found her laying on the floor! She NEVER does that! It was a very fun and busy day and she was TIRED!

Sorry it was so long! Hope you all had a Happy Halloween!