Happy Halloween!

This was the first Halloween that we let Hadley dress up and trick-or-treat. She was only a couple of months old for her first Halloween, so we stayed at home and enjoyed family time. Last year she was just a little over one year old and we felt that she was still just a little too small to understand the concept of dressing up and trick-or-treating. This year, however, we were all about Halloween! It probably helped that the holiday fell on a Monday, so I definitely did not have to work.

We traveled to Michigan to Austin's Uncle Charlie and Aunt Barb's house tonight for a little Halloween party. It was nice to see family and let Hadley see her cousins all dressed up too. Austin knew a couple of households in the neighborhood, so we allowed Hadley to trick-or-treat. She was so cute running up to the houses, knocking on the doors and saying...or more like whispering, "trick-or-treat." As we were walking from house to house, she also kept saying, "I'm a bug!"

After we left the party, we headed over to Uncle Mike's house to do a little "treating." He had the porch light on, and Hadley had started to get the whole idea. We let her out of the truck and she ran to the door, only this time she was yelling, "trick-or-treat!" It was really cute.

After we left Uncle Mike's house, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Reames house, where Grandma had been anticipating Hadley's arrival all night. She had tons of homemade candy including, cookie pops, bat and pumpkin shaped rice krispie treats, caramel and peanut butter popcorn, and dipped pretzel sticks. Hadley was in heaven. She got a goodie bag filled to the brim with each treat. She also got a couple packages of candy and a new Minnie Mouse shirt. She was so excited!

Austin's parents, along with Aunt Shelby, showed up too. Hadley was wound up! She jumped and squealed the rest of the night. We finally got her to settle down about an hour later so that we could head for home. I told Austin that I couldn't have asked for a better first Halloween celebration for Hadley. It was awesome getting to spend time with family and add a little bit of safe trick-or-treating in as well.