Happy Halloween

Well, Fiona had her first trick or treating experience yesterday. As you can see from the photo above (and to nobody's surprise), she dressed up as Winnie-the-Pooh. At first she was a little bothered because she couldn't reach her belly button, but when her mom asked if she'd rather take the costume off, Fiona suddenly stopped complaining.

We all left work early to join Fiona for the Halloween party at day care starting at 5pm. The kids trick or treated up and down the block where her day care is located. Fiona was a little overwhelmed by the mob scene and the darkness (daylights savings just started, so she's not used yet to finishing the day at day care and heading out into the dark). We asked her if she wanted to walk, but she just wanted to be held, so we traded off carrying her up to each house so she could get candy. Eventually she walked for about 20 feet under a streetlight, but mainly she wanted the comfort of Mommy and Daddy.

After they finished trick or treating, the kids headed back to Rita's (the day care provider) for food, and we got to try some of the food that Fiona fires back all week before she comes home on the weekend to turn her nose up at our cooking! At that point, Aunt Kathy joined us, since she was on orders from her boss to make sure she saw Fiona in person dressed up for Halloween. Allegedly Kathy works at a real company that does real business, but since the only stories I ever hear about her job involve her being told to head home to see her niece I have my doubts.

We stayed at the party until about 6:30 and then took Fiona home before she passed out from exhaustion at all the excitement. At home, she enjoyed emptying her candy bag and then refilling it (and we enjoyed a last Halloween before she figures out how to unwrap her candy). When the time came to take off the Pooh costume, Fiona got very upset (which wasn't made any easier by the hard time we had figuring out exactly how to get it off). This morning, the first question she asked me was about whether she could wear the Pooh Bear outfit; I expect that will be a running motif over the next few days.