Little Bo Peep

Well, I am pleased to announce after several weekends hard at work, I finished Hannah's costume. It came out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. She had the best time trick or treating this year. I got home in time to go out with her for a little bit. She walked up to the house and rang the bell by herself and said "Happy Halloween" and "thank you". She was quite the cutie. I just stood on the sidewalk and smiled and yelled "thank you" to the neighbors as we wandered from house to house. She was so excited by the whole process.

I made her a little lambie pocket book that she would put her candy in and then when it would get filled up we would dump the candy into the big bag that I was carrying. She truly made me laugh the way she would be so grown up running to and from the houses. Then when we would come to a house with a scary display involving a blow up grim reaper or big spider with glowing red eyes, she would suddenly turn into my baby girl and meekly ask me to hold her hand and go to the door with her. At one house, the teenagers who live there had turned the front yard into a huge grave yard complete with coffin and had the likes of Freddy Krueger, Dracula and Michael Myers hanging about waiting to scare the other kids. They left little ones be, but let me tell you, Hannah held fast to my hand while carefully eyeing up Mr. Myers who was casually posing for a photo op with some fellow trick or treaters. Glad he left me alone. That movie scared the heck out of me when I was in high school.

The best part came on the way back home. She squeezed my fingers with her tiny ones and told me that she loved me. I love that she is so sweetly affectionate with me. All those hugs and kisses and "I love you, momma" days are truly the best. As we neared the last few houses before our own, she visited a neighbor who admired her costume much to her delight. The woman, then asked her if she had been out looking for her sheep. Hannah held up her lambie pocket book which the lady admired saying that it looked as if she found her sheep after all. Hannah smiled and said, "I found her, but I have 20 more I'm still looking for." and she quickly returned to my side to find me laughing hysterically at her play acting. She is such a little ham bone. Sadly, Little Bo Peep had to potty so we had to hurry past the last few houses, but rest assured she is fully stocked with sugary confections enough to last through the winter.

I hope you all had as much fun this Halloween as we did.