Boo!

Not only is Evie imitating us when we say "boo" when playing with her, it is also fitting for the going-ons of our house of recent.

Thursday before Sandy arrived, we were "booed" by our neighbors.  Our neighborhood plays this game every year- you ring the doorbell and run leaving behind a bag of treats and instructions to "boo" more neighbors.  We are pretty sure we know who left behind a bag of goodies so we could eat the food without worry.  The instructions said to "boo" two other houses within 24 hours.  We quickly made one bag for Evie's friend Emily up the street.  We decided one friend was enough.  I don't know when the rules changed to TWO houses. 

For the past three nights lights have been turning on unexpectedly in our house.  At first Jason and I thought we were just forgetting to turn them off, but when both of us are in bed and the overhead light turns on, that's creepy.  The main source of this ghost-like phenomena is the ceiling fan in our bedroom.  When we go upstairs at night, it is on.  When Jason was showering this morning and I was sleeping, it turned on.  We are going to change bulbs and batteries in the remote in hopes that will solve the problem.  I'm starting to wonder if we are being visited because we only sent one "boo bag"....

The biggest BOO event was Halloween!  Jason carved our pumpkins again this year.  My idea, his art work. 

Do you get it?  The kids in our neighborhood were trying to figure out what it spelled.  I like that Jason gave me the biggest pumpkin.  He said "it had the biggest surface area for "M", plus let's be real, you run this household"  Darn right.

Jason, under Evie's supervision, carved her pumpkin before going out for trick or treat. 

Grandmom gave us a duck costume for Evie months ago.  We never tried it on until 5:56 PM on Halloween.  It fit just ducky and Evie looked so stinkin' cute.  She kept her hood up the entire night too. 

Evie had a blast trick or treating this year.  She walked up to lit houses with her bag, picked out candy (next year we need to practice what kind of candy is good vs lousy for her parents), put her treat in her bag, sometimes said "thank you", then always waved and said "bye bye".  She melted my heart with her manners.  Ms. Pati gave the best treat- goldfish bags!  We had her go back 3 times. 

Evie took a 3 hour nap that afternoon, so we allowed her stay out until 7:45 PM waddling around our complex.  The cold didn't seem to bother her.  I think she loved all the attention from the big kids.  The night was pretty much perfect for her first real experience with trick or treat.

More pictures in the album.

Halloween 2012