A few weeks ago we went to a local farm to meet up with our friends Amy and Brian and their kids, Jenna and Austin. Nora and Jenna had a great time exploring all of the activities and riding around in the wagon to pick out pumpkins.
On the way home from the patch, Nora covered one of her pumpkins with stickers, and then we let her paint up another one. I gave her black, white, and all the primary colors-- and although she started by painting individual marks, she had more fun mashing them all together. She LOVES seeing her pumpkins when she gets back to the house, so we decided against carving them in order to make them last longer.
My mom did a great job making Nora's costume again this year! Sesame Street is one of the few TV shows we allow Nora to watch, so she points out Elmos everywhere she goes, and Mom found the perfect fabric to make Elmo's body and got the proportion of the eyes and nose perfectly right. We saw a few other Elmos in our various Halloween celebrations, so we can confirm that Nora's costume, home made with care, made her the best Elmo!
My grandmother, Mimi, sent Nora a special Halloween outfit, and she was so excited to wear it to school on Thursday that she started doing the Hokey Pokey!
Nora's school has a Halloween Costume Parade, and they invite the parents to come watch and join them for the party afterwards. Nora loved parading around, naming everyone else's costume, and eating all the special treats. It was a fun chance for me to observe Nora interacting with her classmates and teachers, and I liked meeting some of the parents I didn't already know. It also gave me a chance to get some pictures of Nora with her friends, but since I don't have their parents' permission, I've decided not to post them online. Shoot me an email if you want to see more pictures of Nora with her classmates! : ) I wish you could see in this parade picture that Dracula's holding her hand. He's one of her friends that we hear about frequently at home.
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After we got home in the evening, we went up to Gram and Pop's for dinner and to hand out candy to trick or treaters. Then we all headed over to Lauren and Brian's house for a Halloween bonfire and passing out more candy. Although Nora was initially hesitant to wear her Elmo hat when we were trying it on, once she saw how much everyone loved seeing her in her costume, she didn't want to take it off!
It was definitely another successful Halloween!
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