This year for Halloween Hailey picked her costume out herself (out of 3 Mommy-approved choices, of course) and she picked Supergirl! It's just a costume from Party City but I swear it looks like it was made just for her, it fits so perfectly. She absolutely adores it and wants to wear it all the time. I have a feeling it will stick around as a dress-up costume long after we have polished off the last of the candy.
Each year for the past few years my friend and fellow blogger, Joanna, has issued a Treat Bag Throwdown to all of her mommy friends, encouraging them to make a trick-or-treat bag that will coordinate with their child's costume. For the past 2 years I have quietly hidden in the back of the class hoping to avoid being noticed, but this year she totally CALLED ME OUT! Since I couldn't hide anymore, I headed over to Michaels to see what I could put together. I'm actually pretty excited with how it turned out! I bought a plain black canvas bag, some felt, and some pipe cleaners, and voila!
We had quite a whirlwind weekend this past weekend doing all kinds of Halloween activities. Bryan was in Vegas so my mom came up and got to join in on all the fun! First stop, Halloween party at The Little Gym. Hailey was a little overwhelmed at first because there were A TON of people and the gym was set up very differently from what she is used to, but after a few minutes she was jumping on the air track and following a little boy dressed as Mickey Mouse around relentlessly.
On Saturday night we headed over to the zoo for ZooBoo. The whole zoo is decorated for Halloween and several local businesses have tables set up where the kids can Trick-or-Treat. Hailey caught on to this process very quickly and had lots of fun opening up her bag for goodies. She could have cared less what actually went into the bag, saying "Trick-or-Treat" and holding her bag was the fun part for her.
As if that weren't enough Halloweening for one weekend, we met my friends Ashley, Chris, and Colin at the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins and take some cute pictures. Hailey even took a little ride on the train with Colin and I was pretty shocked that she was willing to do it without me riding with her. Normally doing something like that would scare her, but my little girl must be growing up because she loved it!
Hailey really had fun this year and by the time we made it back to the car she had straw stuck in her hair, a baby pumpkin, and a huge smile on her face. I really love some of the pictures we got and I know this will definitely be a Halloween tradition for us.
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