We had so much fun celebrating Halloween this year, despite the stress of trying to carve a Jasmine pumpkin a couple hours before trick-or-treat was starting. Todd took the day off and was able to go to Lucy's Halloween performance at school where all the kids were in their costumes and sang Halloween songs that they'd been practicing the last few weeks with the music teacher. We carved the pumpkin in the afternoon after I was home from work, had an early dinner, and got ready to head out for trick-or-treating. All four of us went out for the first 15 minutes or so and then Todd & Cece came back to the house to hand out candy while I took Lucy out for a bit. Once we made it down to the end of our street and back the other side, Todd & I switched and he took Lucy out for awhile. Trick-or-treating ended at 8:00 PM but Lucy was back home around 7:15 PM. Her bucket was pretty full and she said she was getting cold and tired. Even though Cece only went out for a short bit, she couldn't have been happier standing at our glass door and watching all the kids walk by and come up to our house. Of course, she also enjoyed the small chocolate bar I gave her too!
On my way home from teaching in the morning, I stopped at Krispy Kreme to surprise Todd & the girls with Halloween donuts
Cece had no idea what to do with it
Todd & Lucy poking holes for the Jasmine template
Getting to the fun part
Starting to pull out the insides
Lucy loved cleaning out the pumpkin--she thought it was so squishy in her hands
Todd hard at work on the actual carving
And a couple hours later---we have a Jasmine pumpkin!
Jasmine & Abu ready for trick-or-treating
And another one outside with the pumpkin
With the girls (my hair is actually straight because I had got a haircut after work and I got a blowout afterwards)
First attempt as family picture with the tripod and self-timer was a success!
Heading to the first house
Our next door neighbors had set up these headstones earlier in the week and Lucy was excited all week to go check them out
Trick-or-treat!
Meanwhile, back at home with our little monkey...
Watching all the kids go by
As soon as Lucy got home, Cece took her bucket and dumped out all the candy
Checking out her loot while Cece ate a piece of chocolate
And one more of the pumpkin lit up since Todd spent so much time working on it
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