We had a wonderful Halloween. Alan asked for the day off so it was the first Halloween we got to spend together. I wish he had Thursday off too because we went to my my friend Veronica’s house for a pumpkin carving party. We had fun!

I let Isabelle draw on her pumpkin and then carved it based on her scribbles.

I couldn’t get her to pull the guts out though. She thought it was gross and sticky and left the dirty work to me.

And it was hard work. I obviously haven’t carved a pumpkin in a while because I made the top hole Isabelle size. I didn’t think anything of it until I had to struggle to get the insides out through the tiny hole.

But I managed. And Isabelle is so proud of “her” pumpkin. The next morning she yanked it off the counter, ran across the living room to show Alan saying, “I made it!” Can you see her pumpkin? Hint: it’s the one with all the scribbles on it.

More pictures from the pumpkin carving party here.

And then Halloween plans fell in place sort of last minute, right down to Isabelle’s costume and where to go trick or treating.

Her costume was last minute because I wanted to make Isabelle a costume but never got around to it. My friend Olinda had given her a witch costume months and months ago but I couldn’t find it. I had hidden it from Isabelle in a “safe place”. But I wasn’t sure where that “safe place” was. We thought she could wear her old bumble bee costume. It still fits sort of. But luckily Alan found the “safe place”. It was on top of the dresser. Ok. Guess it wasn’t so hidden after all.

And then for trick or treating we decided to join Isabelle’s cousins. I was supposed to call the night before but completely forgot because we were at the pumpkin carving party. So we called probably around 4 in the afternoon. Talk about last minute!

Isabelle loved, LOVED Halloween. We went trick or treating in a great neighborhood with lots of decorated houses. And they were close together so the kids could easily race from one house to the next. But that’s where Isabelle fell behind. She’d be slowly maneuvering her way down the stairs in the dark and her cousins would be on to the next house.

We would rush to catch up but it was only a matter of time before that wore her out. She ended up on Alan’s shoulders a lot.

Isabelle loved it all. Driving away she sleepily said, “I like trick or treat.”

More Halloween pictures here.