Kyla thoroughly enjoyed Halloween this year. She got to pick out costumes for herself and Maxx. She was a spider and Maxx was a monkey. For weeks beforehand she kept talking about how she was going to be a spider. She often notices the spiders outside our kitchen window, as well as their absence. She will ask where they are if they aren't in their web. To which I usually reply that they are doing whatever we happen to be doing or are about to do, such as, eating dinner or taking a nap - because it's dinnertime or nap time and so one and so forth.
On Friday, we went to Granite to trick-or-treat in the afternoon. At first Kyla she was a bit timid. After approximately 6 minutes, she was following some older kids around and was completely unfazed when I left her to tend to Maxx. After she had hit up all the offices, she thought she'd go for round two at some of her favorites. Then she ate about 4 pieces of candy and once the sugar kicked in she was running up and down the halls like a crazed toddler. At one point, she ran up to Minnie Mouse and pushed her down for no reason at all. (Sorry Peyton!) That was when I knew we were done.
On Halloween, Jedd took Kyla out around the neighborhood. He added hot pink neon blinky-light string to her spider legs. (I know there is a more technical name and explanation for what they were, but I'm writing in layman's terms, here. It was like neon glow necklaces that were longer, much thinner and powered with a battery pack. Nerd Alert: Jedd just informed me that it is called Electroluminescent Wire.) Apparently her costume was quite the hit, as well as keeping our little spider very visible. After they came back, she helped hand out candy and one 10-ish year old boy exclaimed, "cool costume!" And one of the neighbors had all kinds of questions for Jedd about how the lights worked.
Maxx stayed home with mom and helped hand out candy. He only tolerated his costume for a short time. He got very hot and high-centered on his belly and he did not like that. But in all, he was a good sport and oh so cute!
Of course the best part of the Halloween is enjoying the candy! Kyla chose a Tootsie Pop and waited by the door for the other trick-or-treaters to come. She loved handing out candy to the other kids! And now she is all about bargaining for Halloween candy. "I good girl, I get Halloween candy?" Two and a half and negotiating already...
2 comments:
I wondered about the pink on the spider legs! Thought it was part of the costume and some special species of spider. Funny
O QUE EU DESEJO
Por: William Vicente Borges
Que na sua vida...
Tudo tenha a beleza das flores,
Que não falte a luz do luar,
Que os amigos sejam todos sinceros,
Que o mar nunca se agite, mas se agitar
que o barco nunca afunde.
Que os beija-flores visitem
todos os dias o seu jardim,
Que os passarinhos cantem em sua janela,
Que os sorrisos se multipliquem
em sua face.
Que a inspiração renasça
a cada manhã.
Que teus sonhos sejam realizados,
Que seus dias de semana, sejam como o domingo.
Que o mal não chegue a porta da casa.
Que a tua dispensa esteja sempre abarrotada.
Que teus olhos só contemplem bondade,
Que cada passo teu seja iluminado por Deus.
Que todas as manhãs te recebam com um sorriso.
É O QUE EU DESEJO
..........................
Inverno de 2009
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