Halloween 2008

This year, Halloween turned into a weeklong affair, and required our little Snow White to don her dress a few times before the main event. This didn't require much convincing, except for the foreign addition of a sweater - "Snow White does not wear a sweater!" When she lives in Daly City, and wants to brave Storytime at the library on a rainy day, she does need that sweater, unfortunately. Luckily, Bridget was more game, as evidenced by her willingness to pair her Little Mermaid dress with a knitted hat and puffy jacket.





So, off we went to the library, where Megan was as studious as ever. She didn't even seem to mind that there was another Snow White in the crowd, albeit with an inferior dress. Megan's is straight from FantasyLand at Disneyland - thank you Mop and Hop! Bridget, in case you're wondering, was not inhibited by the one-leggedness of her mermaid dress. She managed to get around the library with ease, leaving a trail of books behind her for me to put back in all of the wrong places.

The next day, we braved the cold again at SI to watch Matt's game against Serra. Before we left, Bridget fretted about dressing up a puppy - how inconsistent this would look in pictures - was she Ariel or a puppy??! And, it was Megan's costume from last year! Such are the problems in the life of a second child!

The game did not end well, but the girls got special access to the field after the game with Daddy.

And, they got their first Halloween candy from Grandma and Grandpa in the stands.

After the game, we got straight to the business of trick-or-treating! Sara and Tim came over with Buzz Lightyear (Joey) and a cute little chicken named Clara.

We did a quick trial run with the kids trick-or-treating at our door.

And, of course, Bridget wanted in on the action (she's back to being Ariel by night here). Beating her hands on her chest is her own sign language for, "Me too!!!"


It proved successful, except for the fact that we forgot to tell them to stay on the porch and politley take their candy. Megan waltzed right in the door of every house we went to, just like she she had done at our house. She really wanted to see where this candy was coming from!

Bridget wasn't as into the candy after all. She had fun all week with all of the Halloween paraphenalia around the house. Here she is showing that she can pull off the pumpkin look.