Ladybug Halloween

We had a beautiful evening for trick-or-treating this year. More typically, Colorado kids are running around with big coats under/over their costumes and snow underfoot. We tried to take lots of pictures to savor this nice, mild fall weather.



Not a bad view, eh?

Nanna Lin came over earlier in the day and brought Sabine a big, stuffed pumpkin, which Sabine loves. Then Grandmom and Grandpa and Aunt Dani showed up to help get Sabine into her costume.

We headed out to try a little trick-or-treating, but before we could go anywhere, Sabine had to show Aunt Dani her pumpkins.



Then there was a fair amount of picture-taking, so Sabine worked on smashing a piece of candy in its wrapper. The plastic apparently made a very satisfying sound, she hung onto that lump of candy for a long time!



Daddy walked Sabine over to see a couple of neighbors, and Sabine got a kick out of seeing all the decorations and other kids.



Once we got home, there was a ceremonial Tasting of the Candy.



Sabine took a few bites, but I think it might have been a little sweet for her. Mostly she enjoyed crunching the candy in its bag, and practiced handing pieces of crunched candy to various family members.




That's fine. More for us.

Then we let Sabine stay up and have dinner with everyone, and then she went to bed. Fortunately, she had such a busy day that she slept through the handful of trick-or-treaters who came by after she went down.

A successful holiday, overall!