Teachingmommy: Maelin's First Halloween

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Maelin's First Halloween

Maelin had been so excited for Halloween: she was asking us every day how much longer till Halloween...she just couldn't wait to go trick or treating and she would not let up.

Not really. Mommy couldn't wait till Maelin's first Halloween because I didn't get to go trick or treating as a kid so I plan to live vicariously through my daughter for a while.

Grandma Lea bought Maelin her chicken costume and I can't get over how adorable she looks in it. We wanted her to be a Spring Chicken because when she was about 4 weeks old, she had a onesie shirt with a spring chicken on it and Kevin would tease her that she was a spring turkey. We thought having a little chicken for Halloween would be fun.

Of course Halloween didn't go exactly as I had imagined: what does anymore? Somehow, Maelin knew that something was up and didn't take her usual nap when we got home from daycare. (how she knew, I'll never know) So we bundled up our little chicken and headed out. We decided to just go visit friends and we made it to Keith's house and then to Kat and Jeff's house where we took a breather and had some dinner. (Maelin did: Kevin and I didn't eat a thing that night...) We hung out at J & K's for a bit and then Steve and Sherry called: they were bringing their twins over and we were so excited to see them! Hannah was a cookie and Jacob was a cow! They were excited to see our little chicken and they were so cute as always.

Then we tried to go see our friend Katey, but she wasn't home. At this point, it was about 9pm and our chicken had had enough of being in her chicken suit and getting in and out of the carseat so we headed home.

We had a very nice night...lots of treats, adorable pictures but the best part was just having fun with our friends.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: C-U-T-E!!! OMG! :); November 3, 2007 at 5:52 PM
Anonymous said...: She does look so cute in her costume. Glad you had a fun night.; November 4, 2007 at 10:22 PM

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