Halloween

 Since last year Anika had to be carried and couldn't say "trick or treat', this was her first Halloween.  She did great.

The day started with a little pumpkin carving.  Both sets of grandparents came over as well as Pau, Sue, Sam and Theo.

After we finished dinner we headed out for trick or treating.  Anika went as a lady bug.  We weren't sure what to expect, since in the past she has been real shy around people she doesn't know.  She loved it from the very first minute.  We stopped at our neighbor Ornell's house first.  When Ornell opened the door  she said "trick or treat" and her face just lit up when candy was put in her basket.  

After she said thank you and walked away, she yelled to my dad, who was handing out candy at our house, "Grandpa, look I got candy for me!"  She was excited the whole time. After a while we had to carry her pumpkin because it was so heavy.

We were going to hit one final house, figuring she was tired and done, when came down the walk and turned to head home, she wouldn't let us go.  She wanted to keep heading down the street.  Finally about 5 houses later she willing to go home, even though it wasn't her idea.

Once we were home, she loved helping hand out candy to the trick or treaters coming to our door, and was dissapointed when they stopped showing up.

Mary and I (and Anika) couldn't have asked for the night to go any better than it did.