Gloria's 1st Halloween!

A week before Halloween, we went to buy pumpkins at a house near us. They had a lot to choose from and it was hard to decide on the perfect ones. We ended up with 4 big ones and 2 small gourds for Gloria. It was very cold so Gloria couldn't show off her cute pumpkin shirt and had to have a blanket wrapped around her in addition to her coat!

"I picked out a little pumpkin!"

"There sure are some silly scarecrows around here!"

"I'm the best pumpkin! You should take me home!"

Rob and I carved three pumpkins this year. (We had one more to carve, but it got mushy and icky before we got to it.) We did them after Gloria was in bed, so we don't know how she feels about pumpkin guts. Next year we'll include her in the process. Gloria loves to look out the front door at them and will play peek-a-boo with them, ducking down below the window and then popping back up to see them.



One of Gloria's gourds has a curved stem that she likes to hold onto and bite. Ask her where her pumpkins are and she will crawl right over to them. She also enjoys looking at the "Happy Halloween" banner that is hanging in our dining room. If you say "Happy Halloween" she looks at it, or if we're not in the room, she turns her head in the direction of the dining room.





Gloria had a wonderful Halloween! We went to St. Joe on Thursday to enjoy a Halloween dinner party and help pass out candy to the trick-or-treaters. (Friday there was a big play-off football game, so trick-or-treating was moved a day earlier.) We ate our traditional Halloween dinner of barbecue, macaroni, and jello. There were brownies and spider cookies for dessert.

Spider cookies made by me and April

Since the time change comes in November now, trick-or-treating started while it was still light out. The weather was wonderful and we were all able to sit outside to pass out candy and look at the costumes. Gloria was excited, all dressed up as a little black kitty - complete with ears and a tail.

"Trying my costume on before a bath. See my tail and my ears!"

Gloria helped Rob pick out the candy from the bowl and put them into the kids' bags. It seemed like everyone that came to the house commented on how cute the little kitty cat was.

"All of these suckers are just for ME!"

Gloria had fun watching all of the kids and seeing their costumes. She didn't get scared by any of the crazy ones we saw. When it got dark, Rob, my mom, and I took Gloria in her stroller down the street to the neighbor's haunted house and yard. She saw big, bright, light-up pumpkins and a floating UFO! We didn't take her through the haunted house though; it made me scream!

"Mommy Pumpkin and Baby Kitty"

Passing out the goodies!