Last year I took a break from the insanity involved in making Halloween costumes, but this year I was back on duty. I really wanted them to have costumes that went together and I decided to let Isaiah choose. I was thinking something classic like Rageddy Ann and Andy. Instead he chose Curious George and The Man with the Yellow Hat. I tried encourage HIM to be the man and letting Eliza be curious george, but to no avail. I guess either way Eliza would've ended up cross-dressing...
We went to trunk-or-treat at our old ward AND our new ward. And on Halloween I took the kids over to our friend Elizabeth's house. She's in our neighborhood and has a six-year-old daughter. She invites several families over for pizza dinner and lots of desserts followed by trick-or-treating. So I headed over while Jerel pretended to stay home and hand out candy so that our new neighbors wouldn't think we were lame-o's. In actuality he sat at home with the lights off playing his computer game...
Eliza liked trick-or-treating this year. She would knock and even say "chick-a-cheat" and hold her little bucket up for a treat. Isaiah was good for a couple of blocks and then ripped off his costume and climbed into the stroller. I would've thought his love for chocolate would've encouraged him to press on, but it didn't. So Eliza bravely went by herself! I stayed back at the sidewalk and let her go up--I try to encourage them to be independent. But after one scary house (decorations, dark music, etc.) she wouldn't go by herself anymore. So we came home, turned on the lights, and handed out some candy. Oh, and I should mention that although their costumes are adorable, Isaiah was disappointed that his costume has a tail (Curious George doesn't have one which, curiously, means he is not actually a monkey). And Eliza didn't like wearing her yellow hat that I so cleverly designed, so people thought she was a banana or a witch or they just weren't quite sure what (especially since Isaiah was hiding in the stroller, thus leaving out the Curious George clue). All in all a success, just don't ask about pumpkin carving...
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