Inspired by the cape Grandma Kathleen made him last year and a mask he has, Nicholas decided he wanted to be Batman this year. So I bought him a Batman T-shirt at Target for $5 and we were good to go. I felt guilty when he started saying, "But, Mommy, I want us to make a costume together, like we did last year," but since he couldn't come up with another idea of something he wanted to be and I have no idea how I would find the time to do that, I insisted that he stick with Batman. And for reasons of convenience, little sister followed the theme.
Nicholas' school does a Halloween parade for only the kindergarteners and they go to the nursing home next door in their costumes to sing songs to the residents, so that was the beginning of his Halloween festivities. We then let him take the bus home so he could go with us to Elizabeth's daycare early for a little Halloween party and early trick-or-treating around her babysitter's neighborhood. I think this was their favorite part of the day.
We came home, had some dinner, and went out for more trick-or-treating in our neighborhood. But first Elizabeth needed a costume change. Her Supergirl costume wasn't really warm enough at 4, but was certainly not going to cut it after dark. Luckily Nicholas' horse costume from his first Halloween just fit her (even though he wore it when he was 5 months old!) so I was able to return the warm costume option I had bought for her and recycle this one.
Nicholas did a pretty good job, but he mostly just wanted to go to the street where he picks up the bus to see the girls he takes the bus with. We did see them and do a couple houses with them, but then they were heading to their grandparents' neighborhood. Elizabeth had an interest in picking out candy and chewing on the packages but what she got really excited about was when there were dogs visible inside people's doors. One dog escaped as its owner was giving out candy and started running in circles around the street and Elizabeth was in heaven. "Dog dog dog dog dog!!!!!!!!!!!!"
We were only out about 30-40 minutes before Elizabeth started melting down, so I took her home to bed. Joe and Nicholas stayed out but after only another 10 minutes or so Nicholas decided he was done and came home. I think he had a lot more fun during the day when there were other kids to go around with.
These last pictures are ones I took the week before after the pumpkin festival I took the kids to at a different elementary school, but I had intentionally put Elizabeth in a Halloween outfit and they fit the theme. There aren't as many pictures of Nicholas because after humoring me for a couple he decided to climb up into a tree.
And this last one is just so Elizabeth. She just took off, crawling through the leaves across the yard.
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