Our Crazy Little Life...: Halloween

HALLOWEEN - this is now Noelani's favorite holiday. Ok, so it doesn't really count because it is the first one she got the concept of, haha, but she loved it! She woke up the next morning, sat straight up in bed and said "chicka cheat?" (Trick-or-Treat).
Noey loves Elmo. I was very hesitant to dress her up as Elmo, since the "traditional" costume seems more of a boyish outfit. However, I found this costume online and knew right away, it was what she had to be!!!

*My Sassy Little Elmo*

We had a great Halloween weekend. For her, it started Thursday night, when my sister came over and she helped with Noey & I carving her pumpkin. Noelani LOVED it and was rubbing the guts all over her. Once we were done, I lit the pumpkin and she laid on her tummy looking into it amazed.

After carving pumpkins, it was time to bake cupcakes for daycare. Here she is helping:

Friday was her Halloween party at daycare. Because we would be getting a lot of use out of her costume, I decided we would just use a Halloween shirt in case her costume got dirty at daycare! PLUS, I used to work in daycare and would not want to be the one changing all of the kids in and out of their costumes!

Finally, Saturday, she got to wear her costume for gymnastics and bring treats for her little friends. Getting the kids to all sit for the group shot at gymnastics in their costumes was about as interesting as getting them to sit still for their group photos last week that the professional photographer took!

I tried to squeeze in some type of nap for her, and then we were off to Trick or Treat at a local college. The Red Cross sets up a "safe" trick or treating, and for $2 you go from class to class and collect candy. When we got there, of COURSE it started to rain. Noelani was such a good sport and it was just her and I. She was such a good listener. She waited so patiently and didn't cry once! Even when we got inside she was wonderful - even though the lines took forever! She was so excited when we pulled up and she saw the kids dressed in costumes. She was screaming "A-WEEN MOMMY, A-WEEN!!!!" She was excited, until she saw some of the "spooky things" inside and got nervous and was crying a few times. Here are some pictures:

*Waiting in line*

*Finally inside-entrance to trick-or-treating*

*It took her a bit to catch on, but then she got the hang of it!*

I took off of work Monday because I knew she would have a ball dressing up and coming to my work. Also, a co-worker of mine has a 2 year old daughter and we decided we would take them out to lunch together as a special treat (McDonalds - yuck! lol).

*SUGAR - just what they didn't need!*

*Notice my girlie girl, had to find the hand purse to wear*

*Chicken nuggets AND fries (usually she has to get apples - but it was a special day!)*

We went home and she got a much needed nap. After her nap, I made dinner and we headed to my Aunt Sherris house so that Noey could Trick-Or-Treat with her cousin Aryanna. The two of them had a BALL! Noey loved going from house to house and saying "Chicka Cheat". She would tell people "Thank you" and when they would say "you're welcome" she would scream "WELCOME!" Here's some pictures from that night: