Halloween 2011

About three months ago, a friend suggested that Tess be Pablo, her favorite character from Backyardigans, for Halloween. That settled it in her mind. She was going to be Pablo. With some brainstorming help from friends in the neighborhood, I managed to pull a costume together.

This afternoon, before the HUGE neighborhood parade, we met up with some friends for a pre-parade party. At some point we tried to line the kids up for a photo shoot. Here's the comical results:

 

Then we set out for the parade, where we met up with Lenny.

And Nika, Seyla, Jenny, and the doggy. As Tess told me today, "Mama, Nika and Seyla are my bestest friends!"

Nika and Tess enjoyed jumping and screaming together, and holding hands. We walked about 12 blocks in one direction and then 12 blocks to get back home.

Once we got back to our building, by chance we met up with a crew of kids from the building that we know. They were all going to neighbors in the building who were participating in the trick-or-treating. So Tess ran around with that group, knocking on doors and collecting candy.

She got home and was a fussy mess, as we expected. She went to bed after a crying fit when we cut off the candy. And now we are all glad for the rest.