Happy Halloween!

We had a great Halloween! It was nice to have Halloween on Saturday. Dad got to spend the whole day with us on his favorite holiday. We started the day with Krispy Kreme pumpkin donuts for dad and Dalby. Dalby enjoyed her donut...although she is her mother's daughter really going after the icing versus the donut. Next we worked on our spider cake. We brought the cake to our neighborhood block party and it got rave reviews. Daddy used his skills decorating the cake with the help of a template and 2 year old hands. Next we attempted to take a rest...which was unsuccessful. Later in the afternoon we got dressed....our little duck got to dress up twice this year, once for school and once for trick or treating. Getting the Halloween costume on was a bit of a chore and the little duck was none to happy to be in her costume(first picture) until she saw herself in the mirror(second picture) and was ready to pose for the next photo op. We went to the first neighborhood party and played with a lot of the neighbor kids and enjoyed all the sweets. Next we headed down the street to warm up inside with hot cider and chili. Trick or treating started off a little hairy....Dalby slowly started to catch on to the idea but she seemed to prefer the houses where no one was home and you could pick the candy out of the bowl on the front porch. Ryan carried her the whole way up and down the street and overall the evening was great fun! There was one catch to the whole evening and we have now realized to what extent Dalby does NOT like masks or face paint. One of the neighbor girls(Ella)was Elphaba(the Wicked Witch of the East from the Wizard of Oz and Wicked) and her face was painted all green. After trick or treating we had headed back to Ella and her families house to regroup and hang out for a bit. Ella's face was WAY to much for Dalby. She started screaming and holding onto Ryan for dear life. She wouldn't let go, even after Ella washed her face, peace was finally made when we went back to Ella's room to see her and Ella played quietly with Dalby for a few minutes, reminding Dalby of how much she really liked Ella.

Our "pink" duck...when asked what color her costume was Dalby always answered, "pink"