Lasa wore her costume to school for some trick-or-treating festivities (which I wish they wouldn't do, but don't get me started on that), so there I was bleary-eyed at 6am in the morning getting her hair and tiara situated. She felt so beautiful and went grinningly off to work with Josh (also in costume). I did not give her her clip-on Elsa braid because I was committed to protecting that bad boy for the evening's ACTUAL trick-or-treating.
[Later on]
All dolled up for her glamour shots and TOTALLY IN LOVE with her Elsa braid. We love how it turned out! (We happened to hear from Angelique today requesting a Halloween pic, so these were perfect.)
Lasa's blooming cold was wearing her down by the time she was home from school (see her runny nose and draining eyes in those pics), so she had NO energy or patience or nerve for trick-or-treating house to house; she {mostly} rode the wagon and cried bloody murder if we tried to make her go up to a door. "Get out of this place!" and "No, no, no" she would cry, scared of all the Halloween decor and scary costumes about. At one point (actually, more like fifty points), she got super sassy with Josh and me and I spanked her, to which she angrily objected through tears, "Pwincesses DON'T get banks (spanks)!" Ha! Indeed, they do, little girl. We did manage to coax her up to a few houses though.
Pirate/bodyguard for an increasingly wary Elsa.
So, a lot of Halloween build-up and costuming led to a total preschool trick-or-treating let down after that. Sigh. Provincial Belle and Spooky Phantom, however, worked it up and down all the streets we went. Anna stole hearts in her precious costume and that basket she insisted on using was the perfect touch, a total crowd-pleaser. By the end of the night, after more praise from more houses, she exclaimed, "I love my costume! I love this basket!" Noah, bless his heart, enjoyed wearing his first-ever scary costume, but was sweating so bad under his mask, and as it got darker, it really made it hard for him to see. Too funny! Also funny was how skittish he was at the more scary houses. One house in particular gave Noah a good haunting chase from a Freddy Kruger character. It was hysterical! After an hour and a half of such festivities, my big kids were WIPED OUT and glad to be home again. And -bonus- the rain waited til then to start!
The air and wind were perfect outside and the kids brought home enough candy to last til Easter - even without much Lasa participation. It was a Happy Halloween and a good full month of October.
Glad to wrap it up, though, and dive into November/Thanksgiving season! Bring on all things harvest and gratitude and family and holiday excitement in the air!
